Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Miguel Lima
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Era a festa da alegria
São João!
Tinha tanta poesia
São João!
Tinha mais animação
Mais amor, mais emoção
Eu não sei se eu mudei
Ou mudou o São João
Vou passar o mês de junho
Nas ribeiras do sertão
Onde dizem que a fogueira
Inda aquece o coração
Pra dizer com alegria
Mas chorando de saudade
Não mudei nem São João
Quem mudou foi a cidade
Translation
It was the party of joy
Saint John!
There was so much poetry
Saint John!
There was more excitement
More love, more emotion
I don't know if I changed
Or Saint John changed
I'm going to spend the month of June
On the banks of the backlands
Where they say the bonfire
Still warms the heart
To say with joy
But crying with longing
I didn't change, nor did Saint John
It was the city that changed
