Composer: Osvaldo Oliveira
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Zé do santo nunca foi a escola
Anda descalço desde o dia em que nasceu
É pequenino mais trabalha de verdade
Pois na realidade o seu pai não conheceu
Desde cedinho ele já esta no trem
Se vai num fica na penha esperando outro que vem
O zé do santo tem vontade de estudar
Mais é aluno de família e tem a mãe pra sustentar
Ele aprende a lição que o mundo lhe ensina
Vendendo puxa-puxa no trem da leopoldina
Translation
Zé do Santo never went to school
He's been walking barefoot since the day he was born
He is small but he really works
Because in reality he never knew his father
From early on he's already on the train
If he doesn't get on one, he waits in Penha for another one to come
Zé do Santo wants to study
But he is a family student and has his mother to support
He learns the lesson that the world teaches him
Selling taffy on the Leopoldina train
