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Luiz Gonzaga

CananáCananá

Luiz Gonzaga · O Homem da Terra The Man of the Land (1980)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Eita, é o sertão que eu tenho

Almajarra do engenho e um bom canaviá'

Eita, o carreiro carreando

E o seu carro cantando a canção do cananá


Eita, é o sertão que eu tenho

Almajarra do engenho e um bom canaviá'

Eita, o carreiro carreando

E o seu carro cantando a canção do cananá


No meu sertão

Não tem choro, não tem fome

Não tem bicho lobisomem

Não existe assombração


De manhãzinha

Quando o dia se sacode

Tem onça que pega bode

Valente que só o cão


Tem um cachorro

Lanzudo, preto retinto

Pra tomar conta dos pinto

E espantar gavião


Eita, é o sertão que eu tenho

Almajarra do engenho e um bom canaviá'

Eita, o carreiro carreando

E o seu carro cantando a canção do cananá


Tem água boa

Descendo de morro abaixo

Pra se deitar no riacho

E tem luz de vagalume


Um preto velho

Pra falar do que já foi

Brinquedo de pegar boi

No matagal de perfume


Moça faceira

Dona de casa capaz

Mas é bonita demais

E pode matar de ciúme


Eita, é o sertão que eu tenho

Almajarra do engenho e um bom canaviá'

Eita, o carreiro carreando

E o seu carro cantando a canção do cananá


A nossa lua

Traz de noite a luz do sol

Um rádio traz futebol

E notícia de primeira


Tem a cigarra

Que trouxe a filosofia

De morrer de cantoria

É a nossa cantadeira


Um papagaio

Com o seu verde esperança

É um cartão de lembrança

Da bandeira brasileira

Translation

Oh, it's the sertão that I have

Almajarra of the engenho and a good sugarcane field

Oh, the carter driving

And his cart singing the song of the cananá


Oh, it's the sertão that I have

Almajarra of the engenho and a good sugarcane field

Oh, the carter driving

And his cart singing the song of the cananá


In my sertão

There is no crying, there is no hunger

There is no werewolf creature

There is no haunting


In the early morning

When the day awakens

There are jaguars that catch goats

Valiant as a dog


There is a dog

Woolly, deep black

To take care of the chicks

And scare away hawks


Oh, it's the sertão that I have

Almajarra of the engenho and a good sugarcane field

Oh, the carter driving

And his cart singing the song of the cananá


There is good water

Coming down from the hillside

To lie down in the stream

And there is firefly light


An old Black man

To talk about the past

Game of catching cattle

In the fragrant thicket


Charming young woman

Capable housewife

But she is too beautiful

And can kill with jealousy


Oh, it's the sertão that I have

Almajarra of the engenho and a good sugarcane field

Oh, the carter driving

And his cart singing the song of the cananá


Our moon

Brings the light of the sun at night

A radio brings football

And first-rate news


There is the cicada

That brought the philosophy

Of dying from singing

She is our singer


A parrot

With its green hope

It is a souvenir card

Of the Brazilian flag

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