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Luiz Gonzaga

De Olho no CandeeiroKeeping an Eye on the Oil Lamp

Luiz Gonzaga · De Fiá Pavi Top-Notch (1987)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Eu hoje vou

Ficar perto do candieiro

De olho aberto no candieiro

Pra ninguém soprar

Não vou ficar

Feito a ano passado

Naquele escurão danado

Bebo em pé e sem mulher


Lá eu fiquei, fiquei

Chupando o dedo

Chupando o dedo

Santo Antonio, São João, São Pedro

E o resto do ano

Mas hoje dane-se

Dane-se quem quiser

Olha aqui, desse forró

Eu não saio sem mulher

Translation

I'm going today

To stay near the oil lamp

With an open eye on the oil lamp

So no one blows it out

I won't stay

Like last year

In that damned darkness

Drinking standing up and without a woman


There I stayed, I stayed

Sucking my thumb

Sucking my thumb

Santo Antonio, São João, São Pedro

And the rest of the year

But today, screw it

Screw whoever wants to

Look here, from this forró

I'm not leaving without a woman

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