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Trio Nordestino

A Morte do VaqueiroThe Cowboy's Death

Trio Nordestino · Canta o Nordeste Sing the Northeast (2017)

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Composer: Trio Nordestino

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Full lyrics

Numa tarde bem tristonha

Gado muge sem parar

Lamentando seu vaqueiro

Que não vem mais aboiar

Não vem mais aboiar


Tão dolente a cantar

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Ei, gado, oi

Bom vaqueiro nordestino

Morre sem deixar tostão

O seu nome é esquecido

Nas quebradas do sertão


Nunca mais ouvirão

Seu cantar, meu irmão

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Ei, gado, oi

Sacudido numa cova

Desprezado do Senhor

Só lembrado do cachorro


Que inda chora

Sua dor

É demais tanta dor

A chorar com amor


Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Ei, gado, oi

E, ei

Translation

On a very sad afternoon

The cattle moo without stopping

Lamenting their cowboy

Who will no longer call out

Will no longer call out


So doleful to sing

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Hey, cattle, oh

Good northeastern cowboy

Dies without leaving a penny

His name is forgotten

In the backlands of the sertão


They will never hear again

His singing, my brother

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo


Hey, cattle, oh

Shaken in a grave

Despised by the Lord

Only remembered by the dog


Who still cries

His pain

There is too much pain

To cry with love


Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo, lengo

Tengo, lengo, tengo

Hey, cattle, oh

And, hey

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