Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Quando esse cabra morrer
O corpo vai num caixão
Mas a lingua desse cabra
Tem que ir num caminhão
Quando ele veio do norte
Era tudo o que ele tinha
Um pouco de raspa dura
Uma colher com farinha
Uma esteira na cabeça
Puxando uma cachorrinha
Agora que ele tem
Meia dúzia de tostão
Fala mal do carioca
Que tanto lhe deu a mão
Eu também sou do nordeste
E sempre achei que o homem
Que honra a calça que veste
Nao suja o prato onde come
Translation
When this guy dies
His body goes in a coffin
But this guy's tongue
Has to go in a truck
When he came from the north
That was all he had
A little rapadura
A spoon with flour
A mat on his head
Pulling a little dog
Now that he has
Half a dozen coins
He badmouths the carioca
Who helped him so much
I am also from the northeast
And I always thought that the man
Who honors the pants he wears
Doesn't dirty the plate where he eats
