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Luiz Gonzaga

Baião De São SebastiãoBaião of Saint Sebastian

Luiz Gonzaga · Raizes Nordestinas Northeastern Roots (1999)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Vim do Norte

O quengo em brasa

Fogo e sonho do sertão

E entrei na Guanabara

Com tremor e emoção

Era um mundo todo novo

Diferente meu irmão

Mas o Rio abriu meu fole

E me apertou em suas mãos


Ê Rio de Janeiro

Do meu São Sebastião

Pára o samba três minutos } bis

Pra cantar o meu baião


Ai meu São Sebastião

Te ofereço este baião } bis


No começo eu tive medo

Muito medo meu irmão

Mas olhando o Corcovado

Assusseguei o coração

Se hoje guardo uma saudade

É enorme a gratidão

E por isso Rio amigo

Te ofereço este baião

Translation

I came from the North

My head ablaze

Fire and dream of the sertão

And I entered Guanabara

With trembling and emotion

It was a whole new world

Different, my brother

But Rio opened my fole

And held me in its hands


Oh Rio de Janeiro

Of my São Sebastião

Stop the samba for three minutes } bis

To sing my baião


Oh my São Sebastião

I offer you this baião } bis


In the beginning I was afraid

Very afraid, my brother

But looking at Corcovado

I calmed my heart

If today I hold a saudade

The gratitude is enormous

And for that, friendly Rio

I offer you this baião

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