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Os 3 do Nordeste

De Candeeiro AcesoWith the Lamp Lit

Os 3 do Nordeste · Tá do Jeito que a Gente Quer It's Just the Way We Want It (2021)

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Composer: Os 3 do Nordeste

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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics

Full lyrics

Nesse forró mulher não corta cavalheiro

O homem não dança solteiro tendo mulher pra dançar

Não admito bebo no meio da sala

Nem tão pouco eu dou cachaça para o sanfoneiro tocar

O candeeiro fica aceso a noite inteira

Pra mais respeito no salão

E a mulherada ta querendo é escurinho

Pra dançar agarradinho com seu lampião


Aceso, com seu lampião

Dançando, na escuridão


A noite inteira boto o gás no candeeiro

Já paguei o sanfoneiro ele não pode parar

Quando o fole ronca a mulherada se levanta

Joga a saia lá pra cima de tanto rodopiar

E o cavalheiro bota o olho na morena

Pra mais respeito no salão

E a mulherada ta querendo é escurinho

Pra dançar agarradinho com seu lampião

Translation

In this forró, a woman doesn't cut off a gentleman

A man doesn't dance alone if he has a woman to dance with

I don't allow drinking in the middle of the room

Nor do I give cachaça for the sanfoneiro to play

The oil lamp stays lit all night long

For more respect in the dance hall

And the women are wanting dim light

To dance close together with their lampião


Lit, with their lampião

Dancing, in the darkness


All night long I fuel the oil lamp

I already paid the sanfoneiro, he cannot stop

When the fole rumbles, the women get up

They throw their skirts up from so much spinning

And the gentleman keeps an eye on the brunette

For more respect in the dance hall

And the women are wanting dim light

To dance close together with their lampião

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