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Trio Juazeiro

Pescando PacúFishing for Pacu

Trio Juazeiro · A Volta do Trio Juazeiro The Return of Trio Juazeiro (2021)

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Composer: Trio Juazeiro

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Full lyrics

Já faz muito tempo que estou em São Paulo

E dou um duro danado pra sobreviver

Trabalho o dia inteiro no concreto armado

Não tenho profissão e também não sei ler

Quando me falta grana pra comprar mistura

Eu vou pescar na represa lá do grajaú

Eu levo meu anzol com muita isca pura

É com minhoca e mandioca pra pescar pacu


Mais eu tenho até isca para pescar foca

Pacu pequeno é minhoca e paco grande é mandioca


É com isca de peixe que pesca piranha

E com pirão de farinha pesca lambari

Com o lobo do rio se pesca aratanha

Com pata de carangueijo se pesca siri

Com o rabo do lagarto de pesca caritó

E com um pedaço de prato se atrai pitú

Com tapioca de coco se pesca caxito

É com minhoca e mandioca se pesca pacú

Translation

It's been a long time since I've been in São Paulo

And I work incredibly hard to survive

I work all day in reinforced concrete

I don't have a profession and I also don't know how to read

When I lack money to buy groceries

I go fishing in the Grajaú reservoir

I bring my hook with a lot of pure bait

It's with earthworm and mandioca to fish pacu


But I even have bait to fish for seals

Small pacu is earthworm and large pacu is mandioca


It's with fish bait that one fishes piranha

And with pirão de farinha one fishes lambari

With the river wolf one fishes aratanha

With crab leg one fishes siri

With the lizard's tail one fishes caritó

And with a piece of plate one attracts pitú

With tapioca de coco one fishes caxito

It's with earthworm and mandioca one fishes pacu

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