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Luiz Gonzaga

Vaca Estrela e Boi FubáStar Cow and Cornmeal Ox

Luiz Gonzaga · Gonzagão & Fagner Gonzagão & Fagner (1991)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Fagner

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Seu doutor, me dê licença pra minha história contar

Hoje eu tô nua terra estranha, é bem triste o meu penar

Mas já fui muito feliz vivendo no meu lugar

Eu tinha cavalo bão e gostava de campear

E todo dia eu aboiava na porteira do currá

Eeeeiaa, eeeeiaa, êeee vaca estrela, ôoooo boi fubá


Eu sou filho do nordeste, não nego meu naturá

Mas uma seca medonha me tangeu de lá prá cá

Lá eu tinha o meu gadinho, num é bom nem alembrar

Minha linda vaca estrela e o meu belo boi fubá

Quando era de tardezinha eu começava a aboiar

Eeeeiaa, eeeeiaa, êeee vaca estrela, ôoooo boi fubá


Aquela seca medonha fez tudo se atrapalhar

Não nasceu capim no campo para o gado sustentar

O sertão se estorricou, fez os açude secar

Morreu minha vaca estrela, se acabou meu boi fubá

Perdi tudo quanto eu tinha, nunca mais pude aboiar

Eeeeiaa, eeeeiaa, êeee vaca estrela, ôoooo boi fubá

Translation

Sir doctor, give me permission to tell my story

Today I am in a strange land, my suffering is very sad

But I was once very happy living in my place

I had a good horse and liked to herd cattle

And every day I would sing to the cattle at the corral gate

Eeeeiaa, eeeeiaa, êeee vaca estrela, ôoooo boi fubá


I am a son of the Northeast, I don't deny my nature

But a dreadful drought drove me from there to here

There I had my little cattle, it's not even good to remember

My beautiful vaca estrela and my handsome boi fubá

When it was late afternoon I would start to sing to the cattle

Eeeeiaa, eeeeiaa, êeee vaca estrela, ôoooo boi fubá


That dreadful drought made everything go wrong

No grass grew in the field to sustain the cattle

The sertão dried up, it made the dams dry

My vaca estrela died, my boi fubá was gone

I lost everything I had, I could never sing to the cattle again

Eeeeiaa, eeeeiaa, êeee vaca estrela, ôoooo boi fubá

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