Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Mazurca, velha mazurca
Inda se dança no meu sertão
Quando toca uma mazurca
Na latada, no salão
Os meninos com as meninas
Vão desarnando de pé no chão
Tocador que é bom tocador
Toca mazurca lá no meu sertão
Mazurca, velha mazurca
Dança grossa do meu sertão
Quando toca uma mazurca
Véio macho cai no salão
Dança duro batendo o pé
Balança a casa, balança o chão
Tocador que não for tocador
Perde o compasso e num toca mais não
Translation
Mazurca, old mazurca
It's still danced in my sertão
When a mazurca plays
On the covered patio, in the hall
The boys with the girls
Go letting loose barefoot
A musician who is a good musician
Plays mazurca there in my sertão
Mazurca, old mazurca
Rough dance of my sertão
When a mazurca plays
A tough old man hits the dance floor
Dances hard, stomping his feet
Shakes the house, shakes the floor
A musician who is not a musician
Loses the beat and doesn't play anymore
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