Composer: Pinto Do Acordeon
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Botaram fogo no salão de Mane Vito
Uma morena deu um grito me chamando pra dançar
O sanfoneiro era um tal de nego Tico
Eu nunca vi tocar bonito tico tico no fubá
Olhei pro chão e vi a poeira levantando
Meu sapato se acabando tava fora o calcanhar
E a morena em meu ouvido cochichando
To gostando e adorando, tico tico no fubá
É nega tico tico no fubá
É nega tico tico no fubá
É nega tico tico no fubá
Pelo jeito que estou vendo
Dessa vez vou me acabar
Translation
They set fire to Mane Vito's dance hall
A brunette shouted, calling me to dance
The sanfona player was a guy named nego Tico
I've never seen anyone play tico tico no fubá so beautifully
I looked at the ground and saw the dust rising
My shoe was falling apart, my heel was out
And the brunette whispering in my ear
I'm liking it and loving it, tico tico no fubá
It's girl, tico tico no fubá
It's girl, tico tico no fubá
It's girl, tico tico no fubá
From the way I'm seeing it
This time I'm going to be done for
