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Luiz Gonzaga

Baião da GaroaBaião of the Drizzle

Luiz Gonzaga · S. Paulo - QG do Baião São Paulo - Baião Headquarters (1974)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Na terra seca

Quando a safra não é boa

Sabiá não entoa

Não dá milho e feijão

Na Paraíba, Ceará, nas Alagoas

Retirantes que passam

Vão cantando seu rojão


Tra, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá


Meu São Pedro me ajude

Mande chuva, chuva boa

Chuvisqueiro, chuvisquinho

Nem que seja uma garoa


Uma vez choveu na terra seca

Sabiá então cantou

Houve lá tanta fartura

Que o retirante voltou


Tra, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá


Oi! Graças a Deus

Choveu, garoou


Oi! Graças a Deus

Choveu, garoou

E já vai tempo

Que choveu pra gente boa

Nunca mais deu garoa

Nem deu milho e feijão

E o retirante diz que não desacordou ai

Vai cantando seu e no vai cantando seu baião


Tra, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá


Meu São Pedro me ajude

Mande chuva, chuva boa

Chuvisqueiro, chuvisquinho

Nem que seja uma garoa


Uma vez choveu na terra seca

Sabiá então cantou

Houve lá tanta fartura

Que o retirante voltou


Tra, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá


Oi! Graças a Deus

Choveu, garoou

Translation

In the dry land

When the harvest is not good

Thrush does not sing

It doesn't yield corn and beans

In Paraíba, Ceará, in Alagoas

Retirantes who pass by

Go singing their rojão


Tra, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá


My São Pedro help me

Send rain, good rain

Drizzle, light drizzle

Even if it's just a drizzle


Once it rained in the dry land

The thrush then sang

There was such abundance there

That the retirante returned


Tra, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá


Hey! Thank God

It rained, it drizzled


Hey! Thank God

It rained, it drizzled

And it's been a while

Since it rained for good people

It never drizzled again

Nor yielded corn and beans

And the retirante says he didn't give up, oh

Goes singing his and goes singing his baião


Tra, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá


My São Pedro help me

Send rain, good rain

Drizzle, light drizzle

Even if it's just a drizzle


Once it rained in the dry land

The thrush then sang

There was such abundance there

That the retirante returned


Tra, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá, lá


Hey! Thank God

It rained, it drizzled

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