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Luiz Gonzaga

Forró do Zé AntãoZé Antão's Forró

Luiz Gonzaga · Ô Véio Macho Oh, Tough Old Man (2000)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Fui umforguedo

No forró do zé antão

Convidei mane tião

Mas que noite de azar

Zefa doida

Com maria ribuliço

Foi o primeiro estrupiço

Que nóis encontremo lá


Zefa doida

Com tião dançando xote

Enganchou-se em seu cangote

Num fungado de matar

Ribuliço atracou-se em meu pescoço

Como porco num caroço

De uma fruita de cajá.


Zefa e maria tavam sendo disputada

Por uns quatro camarada

Todos roxo pra brigar

Quando um deles apagando o lampião

Deu-me logo um bofetão

E gritou olha o punhá

Assombrado sai doido na carreira

Com tião na dianteira

Saiu sem me consurtar

Mais de um ano nunca mais eu vi tião

No forró de zé antão

Deus me livre de pisar


Mais de um ano nunca mais eu vi tião

No forró de zé antão...

O diabo é quem vai lá.

Translation

I was at a festivity

At Zé Antão's forró

I invited Mane Tião

But what a night of bad luck

Crazy Zefa

With Maria Ribuliço

It was the first mess

That we found there


Crazy Zefa

With Tião dancing xote

She hooked onto his neck

With a deadly snort

Ribuliço latched onto my neck

Like a pig on a pit

Of a cajá fruit.


Zefa and Maria were being disputed

By about four comrades

All eager to fight

When one of them, turning off the lamp

Immediately gave me a slap

And shouted 'look out for the knife!'

Startled, I ran off like crazy

With Tião in the lead

He left without consulting me

For over a year I never saw Tião again

At Zé Antão's forró

God forbid I ever set foot there


For over a year I never saw Tião again

At Zé Antão's forró...

Only the devil would go there.

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