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Luiz Gonzaga

Braia DengosaSpoiled Beach

Luiz Gonzaga · 60 Grandes Sucessos (Remastered) 60 Great Hits (Remastered) (2019)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Zé Dantas

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Full lyrics

O maracatu, dança negra

E o fado tão português

No Brasil se juntaram

Não sei em que ano ou que mês


Só sei é que foi Pernambuco

Quem fez essa braia dengosa

Que nos deu o baião

Que é dança faceira e gostosa


Português, com fado e guitarra

Cantava o amor

E o negro, ao som do batuque

Chorava de dor

Com melê, com gonguê

Com zabumba, e cantando nagô


Ôi, foi a melodia do branco

E o batucado em zulu

Quem nos deu o baião

Que nasceu do fado e do maracatu

Translation

The maracatu, a black dance

And the fado, so Portuguese

In Brazil they came together

I don't know in what year or month


I only know it was Pernambuco

Who made this charming melody

That gave us the baião

Which is a flirtatious and delightful dance


Portuguese, with fado and guitar

Sang of love

And the black man, to the sound of the drums

Cried in pain

With melê, with gonguê

With zabumba, and singing in nagô


Oh, it was the white man's melody

And the drumming in zulu

Who gave us the baião

That was born from fado and maracatu

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