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Jackson do Pandeiro

Secretária do DiaboThe Devil's Secretary

Jackson do Pandeiro · O Cabra da Peste The Formidable Fellow (1966)

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Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro

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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics

Full lyrics

O diabo quando não vem manda o secretário

Eu não vou nessa canoa que não sou otário


Eu reconheço

Que ela é muito boa

Mas não vou nesta canoa

Que dar confusão

Quando ela passa

E provocando um desafio

Sinto logo um arrepio

No meu coração

Não vou na onda

Ne no conto do vigário

Que diabo quando não vem

Manda o secretário


Ela Chegou

Em nossa reunião

Provocando confusão

E foi de amargar

Nos cumprimentou

E sentou-se numa cadeira

Mas de tal maneira

Que eu vou te contar

Manjei que era uma isca

Mas pra um peixe muito otário

Desta vez ele não veio

Mas mandou o secretário.

Translation

The devil, when he doesn't come, sends his secretary

I'm not going in that canoe, I'm not a fool


I recognize

That she is very good

But I won't go in this canoe

That causes confusion

When she passes

And provoking a challenge

I immediately feel a shiver

In my heart

I won't go with the flow

Nor for the con man's trick

That the devil, when he doesn't come

Sends his secretary


She arrived

At our meeting

Causing confusion

And it was bitter

She greeted us

And sat down on a chair

But in such a way

That I'm going to tell you

I sensed it was a bait

But for a very foolish fish

This time he didn't come

But he sent his secretary.

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