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Luiz Gonzaga

Quero Uma MulherI Want A Woman

Luiz Gonzaga · Aquarela Nordestina Northeastern Watercolor (1989)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, João Silva

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Full lyrics

Eu quero uma mulher

Mas sabe como é que é

É de dia pro roçado

De noite levar meus pé

E de manhã trazer na cama

Um caneco de café

Uns quatro, cinco cheiro

E uns dezoito cafuné

Isso que é muié

Isso que é muié


Eu caso até com uma ruiva

Preta, branca ou ruiva

Mas que traga na bagagem

Alguma coisa de vantagem


Um cachimbo de barro

Um pinico, uma esteira

Uma cama de vara, uma foice, uma peneira

Uma cama de vara

Uma calça de caruá

Uma jumenta véia

Com cangáia e caçuá


E no me importa

Que me chamem caloteiro

Presepeiro ou xexeiro

O que eu num quero é trabaiá

Isso que é muié

Isso que é muié

Translation

I want a woman

But you know how it is

She's for the field during the day

At night to take my feet

And in the morning bring to bed

A mug of coffee

About four, five kisses

And about eighteen cafuné

That's what a woman is

That's what a woman is


I'd even marry a redhead

Black, white or redhead

But that brings in her luggage

Something of advantage


A clay pipe

A chamber pot, a mat

A stick bed, a sickle, a sieve

A stick bed

Caruá pants

An old jenny

With a cangáia and caçuá


And I don't care

If they call me a deadbeat

A troublemaker or a freeloader

What I don't want is to work

That's what a woman is

That's what a woman is

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