Composer: Messias Holanda
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Vou lhe contar uma história engraçada
Essa historia aconteceu em catolé
De uma moça que vendia tabaco
Tabaco lá no norte é rapé
Ela vendia na calçada do mercado
Todo dia coitadinha tava lá
Sempre com a voz bem afinada
E pra vender bastante ela tinha que falar
Ô tabaco bom, bom de se cheirar
Ô tabaco bom, vamos gente vem comprar
Translation
I'm going to tell you a funny story
This story happened in Catolé
About a girl who sold tobacco
Tobacco there in the north is rapé
She sold on the market sidewalk
Every day the poor thing was there
Always with a well-tuned voice
And to sell a lot she had to speak
Oh good tobacco, good to sniff
Oh good tobacco, come on people come buy
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