Composer: Luiz Gonzaga
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Tou voltando
Pra ficar no meu sertão
Regressando
E levando o meu matulão
Por ondes eu andei, cantei
As coisas da minha terra
As belezas de um pé de serra
As tristezas da seca do sertão
Por onde andei, cantei
Os costumes e coisas do meu povo
Tou de volta aqui de novo
De chapéu de couro e gibão
Por onde andei, cantei
O sofrer de um Nordeste esquecido
De um país adormecido
Que acordou com os gritos do baião
Por onde andei, cantei
Cantei, cantei
Me deram a coroa de rei
De rei, rei
Translation
I'm returning
To stay in my sertão
Coming back
And carrying my knapsack
Wherever I went, I sang
The things of my land
The beauties of a foothills
The sorrows of the sertão's drought
Wherever I went, I sang
The customs and things of my people
I'm back here again
With a leather hat and gibão
Wherever I went, I sang
The suffering of a forgotten Northeast
Of a sleeping country
That woke up with the cries of the baião
Wherever I went, I sang
I sang, I sang
They gave me the crown of a king
Of a king, king
