Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
A cheia de 24
Doutor não foi brincadeira
Na correnteza das águas
Descia a família inteira
Quase não sobra vivente
Para contar a história
Assim falava mamãe
Aquela santa senhora
Descia gado e cavalo
Pato, peru e galinha
Cabrito, porco e carneiro
Tudo o que o povo tinha
Os açudes não podiam
Tantas águas suportar
Rio, riacho e lagoa
Tudo junto num só mar }bis
Os canoeiros lutavam
Passando povo no rio
Mas o remanso das águas
Corria água em rodopio
Afundavam as canoas
Na violenta correnteza
Parecia inté castigo
Do Autor da Natureza } bis
Meu Padim Ciço pediu
A Nossa Senhora das Dores
Que parasse aquela enchente
Que causava esses horrores
Quando terminou a prece
Logo parou de chover
O sol brilhou lá no céu
Para todo mundo ver } bis
Translation
The flood of '24
Doctor, it was no joke
In the current of the waters
The whole family came down
Hardly any living soul remained
To tell the story
So spoke my mother
That saintly lady
Cattle and horses came down
Duck, turkey, and chicken
Goat, pig, and sheep
Everything the people had
The dams could not
Withstand so much water
River, stream, and lagoon
All together in one sea }bis
The canoeists struggled
Transporting people across the river
But the calm of the waters
Water ran in a swirl
The canoes sank
In the violent current
It even seemed like punishment
From the Author of Nature } bis
My Padim Ciço asked
Nossa Senhora das Dores
To stop that flood
That caused such horrors
When the prayer ended
It immediately stopped raining
The sun shone in the sky
For everyone to see } bis
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