Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Humberto Teixeira
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Não é só a Paraíba que tem Zé
Que tem Zé, que tem Zé
A Paraíba de Zé Américo
Zé da Luz e Zé Pereira
Ainda deu o Padre Zé
E o famoso Zé Limeira
Pernambuco tem um Zé
Que nunca andou por baixo
É Zé, Chico de Moura
Cavalvante, cabra
Zé de Moura é da Mata
Da terra do goiamum
Pernambuco tá assim de Zé
Mas de Moura, só tem um
Ele veio de Macapá
Mas é de Macaparana
Dá um jeito Zé de Moura
Na pobreza pernambucana
Translation
It's not just Paraíba that has Zé
That has Zé, that has Zé
Paraíba of Zé Américo
Zé da Luz and Zé Pereira
Even gave us Father Zé
And the famous Zé Limeira
Pernambuco has a Zé
Who never walked underneath
It's Zé, Chico de Moura
Cavalvante, tough guy
Zé de Moura is from the Forest
From the land of the goiamum
Pernambuco is full of Zé's like this
But of Moura's, there's only one
He came from Macapá
But he's from Macaparana
Figure it out, Zé de Moura
In Pernambuco's poverty
