Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Vá beber na baixa da égua
Lá no meu sertão
Quando o cabra quer tocar
Pega na sanfona
E começa a traquejar
Toca um bocadinho
Tá doidinho pra parar
Só pra dizer
O tocador quer beber
Sanfoneiro ruim
Toca bom, só quando bebe
Esse sanfoneiro
O diabo que carregue
Eu na minha casa
É que nunca quero ver
Ele dizer
O tocador quer beber
Dia de Domingo
Sempre é dia de forró
Sanfoneiro toca
A noite inteira, dendocó
O dono da casa
Dar bebida a todo mundo
Sem entender
Que o tocador quer beber
Arri égua ti dana sanfoneiro
Translation
Go drink in a godforsaken place
There in my sertão
When the guy wants to play
He grabs the sanfona
And starts to play poorly
Plays a little bit
Is crazy to stop
Just to say
The musician wants to drink
Bad sanfona player
Plays well, only when he drinks
This sanfona player
May the devil take him
Me in my house
Is that I never want to see
Him say
The musician wants to drink
Sunday
Is always a day for forró
The sanfona player plays
The whole night, non-stop
The owner of the house
Gives drinks to everyone
Without understanding
That the musician wants to drink
Damn it, damn you sanfona player
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