Composer: Os 3 do Nordeste
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
O forró tem um tempero
Faz a gente chamegar
No repique do zabumba
No balanço do ganzá
Sanfoneiro da cochilo
Do pescoço se quebrar
A moçada paga a cota
Vai até o sol raiar
Eita que coisinha boa
Vige que forró danado
Quanto mais a gente sua
Se remexe animado
Nunca vi coisa melhor
Que deixe o cabra maneiro
A gente fica fungando
Na latada do terreiro
Quando o mestre sala chega
Manda coçar o dinheiro
A moçada alisa os bolsos
Dando tudo ao sanfoneiro
Translation
The forró has a seasoning
It makes us flirt
To the beat of the zabumba
To the swing of the ganzá
The sanfoneiro dozes off
Until his neck breaks
The young folks pay their share
They go until the sun rises
Wow, what a good little thing
Gee, what a wild forró
The more we sweat
We wiggle animatedly
I've never seen anything better
That makes the guy cool
We keep panting
In the trellis of the courtyard
When the mestre sala arrives
He tells them to shell out the money
The young folks smooth their pockets
Giving everything to the sanfoneiro
