Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Êi, lá vem esqueta muié
Ê som, é gente, é vida, é pó
Êi, lá vem esquenta muié
Do meu Maceió
Carapeba
Bandinha quente
Abrindo frente
Alegrando vai
Pife, pratos, tarol, zabumba
É tumba, tumba
E a folia sai
Bonifácio, Major do povo
Velhinho novo a comandar
Carapeba por onde passa
Faz som de graça pra se brincar
Translation
Hey, here comes the woman who heats things up
Hey sound, it's people, it's life, it's dust
Hey, here comes the woman who heats things up
From my Maceió
Carapeba
Hot little band
Leading the way
Goes on bringing joy
Pife, cymbals, tarol, zabumba
It's boom, boom
And the revelry begins
Bonifácio, Major of the people
New old man commanding
Carapeba wherever it passes
Makes free music for fun
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