Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Minha velha tão querida
Proteção da minha vida
Vale muito mais que ouro
Porque ela é, porque ela é porque ela é ( bis)
Meu gibão de couro
Nas antigas batalhas romanas
Armadura era grande proteção
Aparava o homem
O homem batalhador
Contra todo ataque
Do mais bruto contendor
No meu sertão
Armadura é gibão de couro
O forte gibão
Pro vaqueiro, seu tesouro } bis
Nas modernas lutas desta vida
A esposa representa o gibão
Protege o seu homem
O homem trabalhador
Defendendo o lar
Briga pelo seu amor
No meu ranchinho
O gibão é a companheira
Boa e amiga
Minha honesta conselheira} bis
Translation
My dear old woman
Protection of my life
Worth much more than gold
Because she is, because she is because she is ( bis)
My gibão of leather
In the ancient Roman battles
Armor was great protection
It shielded the man
The battling man
Against every attack
Of the most brutal contender
In my sertão
Armor is gibão of leather
The strong gibão
For the vaqueiro, his treasure } bis
In the modern struggles of this life
The wife represents the gibão
She protects her man
The working man
Defending the home
Fights for her love
In my little ranch
The gibão is the companion
Good and friendly
My honest counselor} bis
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