Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Eu era pirritotinho
Quando mamãe decretou
Você é quem vai vingar
A morte do seu avô (bis)
Ganhei punhal enfeitado
Daquela que me criou
Crescí pensando em vingar
A morte do meu avô
A morte do meu avô (bis)
Vida triste, triste vida
Vida triste, meu viver
Eu já tinha inimigo
Muito antes de nascer } bis
Cartilha era o meu rifle
Caneta o meu punhá
Eu na caatinga entrei
Aonde fui estudar (bis)
A professora era o ódio
Cangaço educação
Na reza forte encontrei
A minha religião
A minha religião
A minha religião
Eu queria ser alegre
Eu queria namorar
Eu queria uma viola
Eu queria o luar
Mas eu fui o escolhido
Tinha mesmo que matar
Se o ódio e a vingança
Tem força de satanás
Mais força tem o amor
Fazendo o que ninguém faz (bis)
Mostrou-me a providência
Os olhos de Guiomar
Eu nunca mais atirei
Guardei inté meu punha
Guardei inté meu punha (bis)
Translation
I was a tiny tot
When mama decreed
You are the one who will avenge
The death of your grandfather (bis)
I received an adorned dagger
From the one who raised me
I grew up thinking of avenging
The death of my grandfather
The death of my grandfather (bis)
Sad life, sad life
Sad life, my existence
I already had an enemy
Long before I was born } bis
My primer was my rifle
My pen was my dagger
I entered the caatinga
Where I went to study (bis)
The teacher was hatred
Cangaço education
In strong prayer I found
My religion
My religion
My religion
I wanted to be joyful
I wanted to date
I wanted a viola
I wanted the moonlight
But I was the chosen one
I really had to kill
If hatred and vengeance
Have the strength of satan
Love has more strength
Doing what no one does (bis)
Providence showed me
Guiomar's eyes
I never shot again
I even put away my dagger
I even put away my dagger (bis)
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