Composer: Trio Forrozão
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Na margem do São Francisco, nasceu a beleza.
E a natureza ela conservou.
Jesus abençoou com sua mão divina.
Pra não morrer de saudade, vou voltar
pra Petrolina (2x)
Do outro lado do rio tem uma cidade.
Que em minha mocidade eu visitava todo dia.
Atravessava a ponte ai que alegria .
Chegava em Juazeiro, Juazeiro da Bahia. (2x)
Hoje eu me lembro que nos tempos de criança.
Esquisito era a carranca e o apito do trem.
Mas achava lindo quando a ponte levantava.
E o vapor passava num gostoso vai e vem.
Petrolina, Juazeiro, Juazeiro, Petrolina.
Todas duas eu acho uma coisa linda.
Eu gosto de Juazeiro e adoro Petrolina (3x).
Translation
On the banks of the São Francisco, beauty was born.
And nature, she preserved it.
Jesus blessed it with his divine hand.
So I don't die of longing, I'll go back
to Petrolina (2x)
On the other side of the river there is a city.
That in my youth I visited every day.
I crossed the bridge, oh what joy.
I arrived in Juazeiro, Juazeiro of Bahia. (2x)
Today I remember that in the times of childhood.
The carranca and the train whistle were strange.
But I thought it was beautiful when the bridge lifted.
And the steamship passed in a pleasant back and forth.
Petrolina, Juazeiro, Juazeiro, Petrolina.
I think both are a beautiful thing.
I like Juazeiro and I love Petrolina (3x).
