Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Bate a enxada no chão
Limpa o pé de algodão
Pois pra vencer a batalha,
É preciso ser forte, robusto, valente ou nascer no sertão
Tem que suar muito pra ganhar o pão
E a coisa lá "né" brinquedo não
Mas quando chega o tempo rico da colheita
Trabalhador vendo a fortuna se deleita
Chama a família e sai, pelo roçado vai
Cantando alegre ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, (2X)
Sertanejo do norte
Vamos plantar algodão
Ouro branco que faz nosso povo feliz
Que tanto enriquece o país
Um produto do nosso sertão.
Translation
Hit the hoe on the ground
Clear the cotton plant
Because to win the battle,
You need to be strong, robust, brave, or be born in the sertão
You have to sweat a lot to earn your bread
And things there are no joke
But when the rich harvest time arrives
The worker seeing the fortune delights
Calls the family and leaves, goes through the cultivated field
Singing happily ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, (2X)
Sertanejo from the north
Let's plant cotton
White gold that makes our people happy
That so much enriches the country
A product of our sertão.
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