Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Quanta saudade
Daqueles tempos de ouro
Quando a bandinha de couro
Alegrava o meu sertão
Tocando em feira
Igreja, renovação
Onde quer que a banda fosse
Era aquela animação
Toca bandinha, toca
Eu quero ver-te de novo
Alegrando este meu povo
Que de ti saudade tem
Toca bandinha, toca
Com cadência e humildade
Pra matar esta saudade
Que eu sinto de alguém
Simplicidade
Era o tom da harmonia
Desfilando com alegria
Toda bandinha de fé
Era o sucesso
Nas festas da Padroeira
Alegrando padre e freira
Era o esquema muié
Era bonito
Quano os tocador passava
Que a banda zabumbava
Surpreendendo a multidão
Com o progresso
Tudo isso foi passando
Só lembrança foi ficando
Dos folguedos do sertão
Translation
How much saudade
Of those golden times
When the little leather band
Cheered up my sertão
Playing at fairs
Church, renewal
Wherever the band went
There was such liveliness
Play, little band, play
I want to see you again
Cheering up my people
Who have saudade for you
Play, little band, play
With cadence and humility
To kill this saudade
That I feel for someone
Simplicity
Was the tone of harmony
Parading with joy
Every faithful little band
It was the success
At the Patron Saint's festivals
Cheering up priest and nun
It was the women's way
It was beautiful
When the musicians passed by
As the band played the zabumba
Surprising the crowd
With progress
All this was passing
Only memories remained
Of the festivities of the sertão
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