Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Zé Dantas
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Eu já andei sem parar dezessete légua e meia
Pra ir num forró dançar,ai, ai, ai, ai, eu fui num
Forró dançar
Valeu a pena eu andar dezessete légua e meia
Pois rosinha tava lá, ai, ai, ai, ai, a rosinha tava
Lá
Cheguei no forró moído, em carne encalacreda
Mas logo fui socorrido tomando três canabrava
E quando zé sanfoneiro tocou no fole um baião
Rodei com rosa ao terreiro, roçando em meu coração
Rodei com rosa ao terreiro, roçando em meu coração
Ai, ai, ai que tentação
Translation
I've walked non-stop seventeen and a half leagues
To go to a forró dance, ai, ai, ai, ai, I went to a
Forró dance
It was worth it for me to walk seventeen and a half leagues
Because Rosinha was there, ai, ai, ai, ai, Rosinha was
There
I arrived at the forró worn out, in sore flesh
But I was soon helped by drinking three shots of sugarcane liquor
And when Zé the accordion player played a baião on the bellows
I spun with Rosa on the dance floor, grazing my heart
I spun with Rosa on the dance floor, grazing my heart
Ai, ai, ai what a temptation
