Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Primeiro a banda passou
Tocando coisas de amor
Depois tocaram a praça
Em rimas cheias de graça
Mas ninguém se lembrou
Do Correto da Pracinha
Onde sempre tocava
A garbosa bandinha
O correto iluminado
Bem em frente à Matriz
Transformava sem arco-iris
As águas do chafariz
E a retreta começava
Logo após a ladainha
Com polcas, maxixes e valsas
Tocadas pela bandinha
Agora, só resta a lembrança
Do Correto da Pracinha
Onde cantava a esperança
Quando tocava a bandinha
Translation
First the band passed
Playing things of love
Then they played in the square
In rhymes full of grace
But nobody remembered
The Correto da Pracinha
Where it always played
The elegant little band
The illuminated Correto
Right in front of the Matriz
Transformed without a rainbow
The waters of the fountain
And the serenade began
Right after the litany
With polkas, maxixes and waltzes
Played by the little band
Now, only the memory remains
Of the Correto da Pracinha
Where hope sang
When the little band played
