Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Eu fui cantar um coco com o Preto Pilão
O nego era mesmo a imagem do cão
Cara de macaco, dente de leão
O nego era mesmo a imagem do cão
Quando nego pisava estremecia o chão
O nego era mesmo a imagem do cão
Pois a voz do nego parecia um trovão
Então tá na cara que o nego era o cão
Eu comecei cantando com delicadeza
Com todo firmeza no meu improviso
O nego indeciso, maldoso me olhava
Pois ele esperava um canto sem juizo
Eu então falei sobreando a natureza
Falei da beleza que Deus nos deu
Quando nego viu que não dava no couro
Ai deu um estouro e desapareceu
Translation
I went to sing a coco with Preto Pilão
The fellow was truly the image of the devil
Monkey face, lion's teeth
The fellow was truly the image of the devil
When the fellow stepped, the ground trembled
The fellow was truly the image of the devil
For the fellow's voice sounded like thunder
So it was clear that the fellow was the devil
I started singing with delicacy
With full firmness in my improvisation
The fellow, undecided, looked at me maliciously
For he expected a song without sense
I then spoke, exalting nature
I spoke of the beauty that God gave us
When the fellow saw that it wasn't working out
Then he burst out and disappeared
