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Luiz Gonzaga

Canto do PovoPeople's Song

Luiz Gonzaga · 70 Anos de Sanfona e Simpatia 70 Years of Accordion and Charm (1983)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Quero cantar pro meu povo

Sanfona não vai calar

Quero alegria chegando

Tristeza não vai ficar


Quero ver tudo verdinho

Toda esperança brotar

Cheiro da terra molhada

Um risco em cada olhar


Encher de vida essa gente

Esperar sem reclamar

Plantar de novo a semente

Que brote o fruto, nos dá

Depois pegar a morena

Na rede me balançar


Vamos ter

Na pisada do xote, baião

No galope, o mote, o repente

Cantador de viola na mão

Translation

I want to sing for my people

The accordion will not be silent

I want joy arriving

Sadness will not stay


I want to see everything green

All hope sprout

Scent of the wet earth

A spark in every gaze


Fill these people with life

Wait without complaining

Plant the seed again

May the fruit sprout, give it to us

Then take the brunette

Swing myself in the hammock


We will have

In the rhythm of the xote, baião

In the gallop, the theme, the repente

Cantador with a viola in hand

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