Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
É doloroso, seu moço, a vida da mãe solteira
Batalha a semana inteira, vive oferecendo amor
Do forró pra gafieira
Ai, ai, ai, como sofre a mãe solteira
Dia e noite se entregando à bebedeira
(Coro repete)
Se tem um filhinho, não pode educar
E nem registrar com o nome do pai
Pois a mãe solteira, coitada sofrida
Pro bem do seu filho de tudo é capaz
Ai, ai, ai, como sofre a mãe solteira
Dia e noite se entregando à bebedeira
(Coro repete)
Mas quem a condena com mágoa sem pena
Deve recordar Maria Madalena
Que eu até vendo aonde estiver
Pois a mãe solteira também é mulher
Translation
It's painful, young man, the life of a single mother
She struggles all week long, lives offering love
From forró to the dance hall
Oh, oh, oh, how the single mother suffers
Day and night giving herself to drinking
Oh, oh, oh, how the single mother suffers
Day and night giving herself to drinking
If she has a little child, she cannot raise him
Nor register him with the father's name
For the single mother, poor suffering soul
For her child's good, she's capable of anything
Oh, oh, oh, how the single mother suffers
Day and night giving herself to drinking
Oh, oh, oh, how the single mother suffers
Day and night giving herself to drinking
But whoever condemns her with bitter, pitiless resentment
Should remember Mary Magdalene
For I even see her selling wherever she may be
For the single mother is also a woman
