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Os 3 do Nordeste

Forró na RibeiraForró at Ribeira

Os 3 do Nordeste · Forró pra Juventude Forró for the Youth (1976)

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Composer: Os 3 do Nordeste

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O forró esquentou lá na ribeira

De qualquer maneira nós vamos brincar

Vou chamar Luzia, vou chamar Maria

Vou chamar Zefinha lá do arraial


Quando as meninas chegarem vão ver como é que é

Vai ter comida boa, vai te pirão gostoso e arrasta-pé

O melhor da brincadeira é quando tem menina e uma caninha boa

Nego não fica a toa e a noite inteira de qualquer maneira

A poeira voa


É forró pra lá

É forró pra aqui

O povo a dançar

E a poeira a subir

Translation

The forró heated up there by the riverbank

Anyway, we're going to have fun

I'm going to call Luzia, I'm going to call Maria

I'm going to call Zefinha from the arraial


When the girls arrive, they'll see how it is

There will be good food, there will be tasty pirão and arrasta-pé

The best part of the fun is when there are girls and a good caninha

No one stays idle and the whole night anyway

The dust flies


It's forró over there

It's forró over here

The people dancing

And the dust rising

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