Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Eu não sei porque cheguei
Mas sei tudo quanto fiz
Maltratei fui maltratado
Não fui bom, não fui feliz
Não fiz tudo quanto falam
Não sou o que o povo diz
Qual o bom entre vocês?
De vocês, qual o direito?
Onde esta o homem bom?
Qual o homem de respeito?
De cabo a rabo na vida
Não tem um homem perfeito } bis
Aos 28 de julho
Eu passei por outro lado
Foi no ano 38
Dizem que fui baleado
E falam noutra versão
Que eu fui envenenado
Sergipe, Fazenda Angico
Meus crimes se terminaram
O criminoso era eu
E os santinhos me mataram
Um lampião se apagou
Outros lampiões ficaram } bis
O cangaço continua
De gravata e jaquetão
Sem usar chapéu de couro
Sem bacamarte na mão
E matando muito mais
Tá cheio de lampião
E matando muito mais
Tá assim de lampião
E matando muito mais
Na cidade e no sertão
E matando muito mais
Tá sobrando Lampião
Translation
I don't know why I arrived
But I know everything I did
I mistreated, I was mistreated
I wasn't good, I wasn't happy
I didn't do everything they say
I'm not what the people say
Who is good among you?
Among you, who is righteous?
Where is the good man?
Who is the man of respect?
From beginning to end in life
There isn't a perfect man } bis
On July 28th
I passed to the other side
It was in the year '38
They say I was shot
And they speak of another version
That I was poisoned
Sergipe, Fazenda Angico
My crimes ended
The criminal was I
And the little saints killed me
One lamp went out
Other lamps remained } bis
The cangaço continues
With tie and jacket
Without wearing a leather hat
Without a blunderbuss in hand
And killing much more
It's full of Lampião
And killing much more
It's like this with Lampião
And killing much more
In the city and in the sertão
And killing much more
There's an excess of Lampião
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