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São João Sem FutricaSaint John Without Gossip

Luiz Gonzaga · Aboios & Vaquejadas, Nos Caminhos da Fé e São João Na Roça Aboios & Vaquejadas, On the Paths of Faith and São João in the Countryside (2014)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Nunca vi São João

Sem foguete, sem fogueira

Tric-trac, ronqueira

Busca pé e balão

Sem adivinhação

Milho assado e canjica

Sem sanfoneiro, é futrica

Pra mim nunca foi São João


Por isso

Quando chega o meio do ano

Eu vou correndo pro interior

Lá eu sou pedra, seixo miúdo

No sertão tenho tudo

Que aqui não há

Ah. Sou doidinho

Por São João no meu lugar

Translation

Never have I seen São João

Without fireworks, without bonfires

Firecrackers, buzzing rockets

Ground fireworks and sky lanterns

Without fortune-telling

Roasted corn and canjica

Without an accordion player, it's a sham

For me, it was never São João


That's why

When the middle of the year arrives

I go running to the countryside

There I am a stone, a small pebble

In the sertão I have everything

That isn't here

Ah. I'm crazy

For São João in my place

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