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Jackson do Pandeiro

História de LampiãoStory of Lampião

Jackson do Pandeiro · Um Nordestino Alegre A Happy Northeasterner (1977)

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Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro

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Maior do que Deus, ninguém

Valente foi Lampião,

Mas quando a polícia chegou,

Acabou-se o valentão.


Tinha centenas de morte,

Foi o terror do Sertão

Dizem até que se escondia

A força de oração,

Mas quando a polícia chegou,

Acabou-se o valentão.


Eu vou deixar Lampião

Com sua triste desdita,

Porque preciso falar

Sobre Maria Bonita,

Que também se fez bandida

Por amor a Lampião,

Foi rainha do cangaço

Naquele alto Sertão.


Eu que adoro as mulheres,

Vou dar minha opinião

Lampião podia pagar

Pelo que fez no Sertão,

Junto com seus companheiros

E Maria Bonita não.


Não, não, não

Mulher não nasceu pra sofrer

Não, não, não, não

E não devia morrer.

Translation

No one is greater than God,

Lampião was brave,

But when the police arrived,

The tough guy was finished.


He had hundreds of deaths,

He was the terror of the Sertão

They even say he hid

From the power of prayer,

But when the police arrived,

The tough guy was finished.


I will leave Lampião

With his sad misfortune,

Because I need to talk

About Maria Bonita,

Who also became a bandit

Out of love for Lampião,

She was the queen of cangaço

In that high Sertão.


I who adore women,

Will give my opinion

Lampião could pay

For what he did in the Sertão,

Along with his companions

But Maria Bonita, no.


No, no, no

Woman was not born to suffer

No, no, no, no

And should not die.

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