Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Lá no meu pé de serra
Deixei ficar meu coração!
Ai, que saudades tenho
Eu vou voltar pro meu sertão!
No meu roçado
Eu trabalhava todo dia
Mas no meu rancho
Eu tinha tudo o que queria!
Lá se dançava
Quase toda quinta-feira
Sanfona não faltava
E tome xote a noite inteira!
O xote é bom
De se dançar
A gente gruda na cabocla
Sem soltar!
Um passo lá, um outro cá
Enquanto o fole tá tocando
Tá gemendo, tá chorando
Tá fungando, reclamando sem parar!
Translation
There on my hillside,
I left my heart behind!
Oh, how I miss it,
I'm going back to my backlands!
In my field,
I worked every day
But in my ranch,
I had everything I wanted!
There we danced
Almost every Thursday
The accordion was never missing
And we danced xote all night long!
The xote is good
To dance
We stick to the country girl
Without letting go!
One step there, another here
While the bellows are playing
It's moaning, it's crying
It's sniffling, complaining non-stop!
