Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Todo dia de São João (bis)
Traz saudade do sertão
Há tanto tempo
Que eu não vejo a minha gente
Meu Pernambuco
Todo doidinho pra te ver
A minha casa
Meu gibão, minha cabocla
Meu pé de serra
Terra que me viu crescer
A gente corre
Pelo mundo alvoroçado
Até esquece de escrever
Pra quem ficou
Mas nessa vida
A gente apanha um bocado
Faz meia-volta
E pega o trem que apitou
Translation
Every São João day (bis)
Brings longing for the sertão
It's been so long
Since I've seen my people
My Pernambuco
All crazy to see you
My house
My gibão, my cabocla
My pé de serra
Land that saw me grow up
We run
Through the bustling world
Even forget to write
To those who stayed
But in this life
We take a beating a lot
We turn halfway around
And catch the train that whistled
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