Composer: Trio Mossoró
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
A festa estava boa na casa do velho inacio
Não havia embaraço todo mundo a balançar
O sanfoneiro na sanfona castigando
E machucando os oito baixos sem parar
O velho inacio que era o dono do salão
Fazia exibição para o povo apreciar
E todo mundo querendo imitar o velho
Porque o velho é o maior no balançar
Todo mundo balançava com o velho
Todo mundo com o velho a balançar
Já era madrugada e o forró continuava
De todo canto chegava gente para apreciar
O balançar que o velho inacio fazia
Ninguem podia ficar olhando sem dançar
Mais derrepente apagaram o lampião
Foi grande a escuridão começaram a reclamar
Porque queriam ver o que o velho fazia
Porque o velho é o maior no balançar
Translation
The party was good at old Inacio's house
There was no embarrassment, everyone swaying
The accordion player punishing the accordion
And hurting the eight basses without stopping
Old Inacio, who owned the hall
Was putting on a show for the people to appreciate
And everyone wanting to imitate the old man
Because the old man is the greatest at swaying
Everyone was swaying with the old man
Everyone with the old man swaying
It was already dawn and the forró continued
People arrived from all over to appreciate
The swaying that old Inacio did
No one could stand by watching without dancing
But suddenly they turned off the lamp
The darkness was great, they started to complain
Because they wanted to see what the old man was doing
Because the old man is the greatest at swaying
