Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Caboclo humilde, roceiro
Disposto, trabalhador
No remexer da sanfona
Escuta este cantador
Que no baião fala ao mundo } bis
Teu grandioso valor
E do caboclo que vive
Com a enxada na mão
Trabalhando o dia inteiro
Com a maior diversão
Sem invejar a ninguém
Satisfeito a trabalhar
Cada vez mais animado
Esse teu suor pingado
Grandeza e honra te dar
Na tua humilde palhoça
Só se ver felicidade
E quando chegas da roça
Te sentas mesmo a vontade
Pra comer teu prato feito
Na mesa ou mesmo no chão
A filharada em rebanho
O teu prazer é tamanho
De quem possui um milhão
Aqui nesta vida humana
Ninguém é melhor que tu
Escuta esta homenagem
De um cabra do Pajeú
E outro do Rio Brígida } bis
Dos carrascais do Exu
Translation
Humble caboclo, countryman
Willing, hardworking
To the swaying of the sanfona
Listen to this singer
Who in the baião speaks to the world } bis
Of your great worth
And of the caboclo who lives
With a hoe in hand
Working all day long
With the greatest enjoyment
Without envying anyone
Content to work
More and more animated
This dripping sweat of yours
Gives you greatness and honor
In your humble straw hut
Only happiness is seen
And when you arrive from the countryside
You sit down completely at ease
To eat your prepared meal
At the table or even on the floor
The children in a flock
Your pleasure is so great
As one who possesses a million
Here in this human life
No one is better than you
Listen to this tribute
From a cabra from Pajeú
And another from Rio Brígida } bis
From the scrublands of Exu
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