Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Balança a rede pro menino não chorar
Oi, balança, o menino Sinhá (4x)
Eu fui menino tão mimado e manhoso
Criado dengoso cresci sem apanhar
E minha mãe, se eu choromingava
Depressa mandava a Sinhá me embalar
Balança, Sinhá
Oh oh oh oh oh...
Oh oh oh oh oh...
Balança a rede pro menino não chorar
Oi, balança, o menino Sinhá (4x)
Depois de grande nunca mais fui mimado
Mundo malvado, só faz me malatratar
Vivo chorando, tropeçando na vida
Sem mamãe querida pra me embalar
Balança, Sinhá
Translation
Swing the hammock so the boy doesn't cry
Hey, swing, the boy Sinhá (4x)
I was such a spoiled and whiny boy
Raised with tenderness, I grew up without being hit
And my mother, if I whimpered
Quickly told Sinhá to rock me
Swing, Sinhá
Oh oh oh oh oh...
Oh oh oh oh oh...
Swing the hammock so the boy doesn't cry
Hey, swing, the boy Sinhá (4x)
After growing up I was never spoiled again
Cruel world, it only mistreats me
I live crying, stumbling through life
Without dear mommy to rock me
Swing, Sinhá
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