Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Madruceu o milho
Falorou algodão
Acorda São Pedro
Pra dormir São João } bis
Quando Deus mandar inverno
Sertão se balanceia
A negrada cai na farra
De sangue novo na veia
É tanto forró na terra
É tanto zuadeiro
Que parece carnaval
Lá no Rio de Janeiro
Nosso Deus mandou inverno
Quero ver animação
Juvená vai cortar lenha
Rosa vai fazer quentão
Toínha faz a pamonha
Rita faz o capilé
Todo mundo pra latada
Que hoje vai sobrar mulé
Translation
The corn ripened
The cotton bloomed
Wake up São Pedro
So São João can sleep } bis
When God sends winter
The Sertão sways
The folks fall into revelry
With new blood in their veins
There's so much forró on earth
There's so much noise
That it looks like carnaval
There in Rio de Janeiro
Our God sent winter
I want to see liveliness
Juvená will cut wood
Rosa will make quentão
Toínha makes the pamonha
Rita makes the capilé
Everyone to the latada
Because today there will be plenty of women
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