Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Zé Dantas
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Tou quase maluco
Pra ver meu Pernambuco
Também ver os engenhos
E as belezas que tem lá
Rever o meu mocambo
Trepar no pé de jambo
Deitar nas folhas secas
Do meu velho jatobá
Chupar cana caiana
Vendo a pernambucana
Dançar o lindo frevo
Cantar o maracatu
Chupar mangaba e manga
Comer pinha e pitanga
Tomar da chica boa
Tira gosto de caju
Uma vontade eu tenho
De ver naquele engenho
A linda moreninha
Que um dia eu deixei
Ai, ai, que sede louca
Tou com água na boca
A relembrar o suco
Da garapa que tomei
Ô que saudade infinita
Pra ver Recife linda
E aquelas velhas pontes
Numa noite de luar
Eu tou quase maluco
Pra ver meu Pernambuco
Ver o Capibaribe
E abraçar o verde ma
Translation
I'm almost crazy
To see my Pernambuco
Also see the sugar mills
And the beauties it has there
See my mocambo again
Climb the jambolan tree
Lie on the dry leaves
Of my old jatobá
Suck on caiana sugarcane
Watching the Pernambuco woman
Dance the beautiful frevo
Sing the maracatu
Suck mangaba and mango
Eat sugar-apple and pitanga
Drink the good chica
Snack on cashew
I have a wish
To see in that sugar mill
The beautiful brunette
That one day I left
Oh, oh, what a crazy thirst
My mouth is watering
Remembering the juice
Of the sugarcane juice I drank
Oh, what infinite longing
To see beautiful Recife
And those old bridges
On a moonlit night
I'm almost crazy
To see my Pernambuco
See the Capibaribe
And embrace the green sea
