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Luiz Gonzaga · A Triste Partida The Sad Departure (1964)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

O marimbondo vindo peneirando a asa

Para entrar em nossa casa chega a chuva no sertão

Nóis mata a fome da muié e nosso fio

Dança coco e assa mío na fogueira de São João


Setembro vem aí

Tem safra de algodão

Setembro vem aí

Tem safra de algodão


Setembro vem aí

Tem safra de algodão

Setembro vem aí

Tem safra de algodão


Pelo São João é tudo ao redor da fogueira

Uma morena faceira fala com toda atenção

Olhe seu Mané você vai sê meu cumpadi

Eu vou sê sua cumadi em louvor a São João

São João dormiu

São João acordou

Vamos sê cumpadi que São João mandou

Translation

The wasp coming swaying its wing

To enter our house, the rain arrives in the sertão

We satisfy the hunger of the wife and our son

Dances coco and roasts corn at the São João bonfire


September is coming

There's a cotton harvest

September is coming

There's a cotton harvest


September is coming

There's a cotton harvest

September is coming

There's a cotton harvest


For São João everything is around the bonfire

A playful brunette speaks with full attention

Look, seu Mané, you will be my cumpadi

I will be your cumadi in praise of São João

São João slept

São João woke up

Let's be cumpadi, as São João commanded

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