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Luiz Gonzaga

A Festa do MilhoThe Corn Festival

Luiz Gonzaga · Aboios & Vaquejadas, Nos Caminhos da Fé e São João Na Roça Aboios & Vaquejadas, On the Paths of Faith and São João in the Countryside (2014)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

O sertanejo festeja

A grande festa do milho

Alegre igual á mamãe

Que ver voltar o seu filho

Em março queima o roçado

A dezenove ele planta


A terra já está molhada

Ligeiro o milho levanta

Dá uma limpa em abril

Em maio solta o pendão

Já todo embonecado

Prontinho para São João


No dia de Santo Antônio

Já tem fogueira queimando

O milho já está maduro

Na palha vai se assando

No São João e São Pedro


A festa de maior brilho

Porque pamonha e canjica

Completam a festa do milho

Translation

The countryman celebrates

The great corn festival

Happy like a mother

Who sees her son return

In March he burns the cleared land

On the nineteenth he plants


The earth is already wet

Quickly the corn sprouts

He weeds in April

In May it releases its tassel

Already fully formed

All ready for São João


On Santo Antônio's day

There are already bonfires burning

The corn is already ripe

It will be roasting in its husk

On São João and São Pedro


The brightest festival

Because pamonha and canjica

Complete the corn festival

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