Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Delmiro deu a ideia
Apolônio aproveitou
Getúlio fez o decreto
E Dutra realizou
O presidente Café
A usina inaugurô
E gracas a esse feito
De homens que tem valô
Meu Paulo Afonso foi
Sonho
Que já se concretizô
Olhando pra Paulo Afonso
Eu louvo nosso engenheiro
Louvo o nosso cassaco
Caboclo bom verdadeiro
Oi! Vejo o nordeste
Erguendo a bandeira
De ordem e progresso
A nação brasileira
Vejo a industria gerando riqueza
Findando a seca
Salvando a pobreza
Ouco a usina feliz mensageira
Dizendo na força da cachoeira
O Brasil vai, o Brasil vai
O Brasil vai, o Brasil vai
Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai, vai
Translation
Delmiro gave the idea
Apolônio took advantage
Getúlio made the decree
And Dutra carried it out
President Café
Inaugurated the plant
And thanks to this feat
Of men of value
My Paulo Afonso was
A dream
That has already come true
Looking at Paulo Afonso
I praise our engineer
I praise our cassaco
A good, true caboclo
Hey! I see the Nordeste
Raising the flag
Of order and progress
For the Brazilian nation
I see industry generating wealth
Ending the drought
Saving the poor
I hear the plant, a happy messenger
Saying with the force of the waterfall
Brazil goes, Brazil goes
Brazil goes, Brazil goes
Go, go, go, go, go, go
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