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Jackson do Pandeiro

Viva São JoãoLong Live Saint John

Jackson do Pandeiro · São João no Brejo Saint John in the Marsh (2019)

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Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro

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Full lyrics

Como é bonito uma noite de São João

Lá pras bandas do sertão só se vendo pra contar

Lá tem fogueira, tem lanterna e tem balão

E é tão grande a animação que não se para de brincar

Um sanfoneiro todo ano é contratado

Pra tocar um mastigado a noite inteira sem parar

Batata assada lá de baixo da fogueira

Tem canjica, tem pamonha, milho assado e mungunzá

E a moçada nunca para no salão

A gente come, bebe e dança e grita viva a São João

Translation

How beautiful is a night of São João

There in the regions of the sertão, you have to see it to believe it

There's a bonfire, there's a lantern and there's a sky lantern

And the excitement is so great that you don't stop having fun

A sanfoneiro is hired every year

To play a 'mastigado' all night long without stopping

Roasted potatoes from under the bonfire

There's canjica, there's pamonha, roasted corn and mungunzá

And the young people never stop in the hall

We eat, drink and dance and shout long live São João

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