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Luiz Gonzaga

A Morte do VaqueiroThe Death of the Cowboy

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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Ei, gado, oi

E, ei


Numa tarde bem tristonha

Gado muge sem parar

Lamentando seu vaqueiro

Que não vem mais aboiar

Não vem mais aboiar

Tão dolente a cantar

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Ei, gado, oi


Bom vaqueiro nordestino

Morre sem deixar tostão

O seu nome é esquecido

Nas quebradas do sertão

Nunca mais ouvirão

Seu cantar, meu irmão


Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Ei, gado, oi


Sacudido numa cova

Desprezado do Senhor

Só lembrado do cachorro

Que inda chora

Sua dor

É demais tanta dor

A chorar com amor


Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Ei, gado, oi

E, ei

Translation

Hey, cattle, oh

And, hey


On a very sad afternoon

Cattle moo without stopping

Mourning their vaqueiro

Who no longer comes to aboiar

No longer comes to aboiar

So mournfully singing

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Hey, cattle, oh


Good Northeastern vaqueiro

Dies without leaving a cent

His name is forgotten

In the ravines of the sertão

They will never again hear

His singing, my brother


Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Hey, cattle, oh


Shaken in a grave

Despised by the Lord

Only remembered by the dog

Who still cries

His pain

It's too much pain

Crying with love


Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Hey, cattle, oh

And, hey

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