Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Caí do céu por descuido
Se tenho pai, num sei não
Venho de longe,m seu moço
Lugar chamado sertão
Vivo sozinho no mundo
Zombei da sede, zombei
Cortei com minha peixeira
Todo mal que encontrei
Fui caminhando, enfrentando
As terras que o sol secou
Até chegar a cidade
Dos homens que Deus olhou
Que o Santo Padre perdoe
A triste comparação
Melhor viver no cangaço
Que a tal civilização
Brinquei com o mal, brinquei
Sorrí quando matei
Eu vím pra ser melhor
Cheguei aqui, chorei } bis
Translation
I fell from the sky by carelessness
If I have a father, I don't know
I come from afar, young man
A place called sertão
I live alone in the world
I mocked thirst, I mocked
I cut with my peixeira
All the evil I found
I kept walking, facing
The lands that the sun dried
Until I reached the city
Of the men that God looked upon
May the Holy Father forgive
The sad comparison
Better to live in the cangaço
Than that civilization
I played with evil, I played
I smiled when I killed
I came to be better
I arrived here, I cried } bis
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