Composer: Ó Do Forró
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Ô sertão
Ô, o sertão
Meu cariri, meu roçado e meu baião
Na minha terra tinha tudo que eu queria
O que se plantava colhia
Ai meu Deus que tempo bom
Lembro os açudes, lembro bem daquela serra
E dentro de uma tapera
Eu cantava o meu baião
Ô baião canto para recordar
Cariri que coisa boa
E o sertão é meu lugar
Ô sertão
Ô, o sertão
Meu cariri, meu roçado e meu baião
La se plantava
Se caçava pra comer
Cultivava par vender
Garantia meu feijão
Terra bonita lugar bom de se viver
Sei que um dia vou voltar carregando o meu baião
Ô baião canto para recordar
Cariri que coisa boa
E o sertão é meu lugar
Translation
Oh sertão
Oh, the sertão
My Cariri, my cultivated land and my baião
In my land there was everything I wanted
What was planted, was harvested
Oh my God, what a good time
I remember the dams, I remember that mountain range well
And inside a shack
I would sing my baião
Oh baião, I sing to remember
Cariri, what a good thing
And the sertão is my place
Oh sertão
Oh, the sertão
My Cariri, my cultivated land and my baião
There one would plant
One would hunt to eat
One would cultivate to sell
It guaranteed my beans
Beautiful land, good place to live
I know that one day I will return carrying my baião
Oh baião, I sing to remember
Cariri, what a good thing
And the sertão is my place
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