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Trio Nordestino

Carta a MaceioLetter to Maceio

Trio Nordestino · 50 Anos 50 Years (2008)

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Composer: Trio Nordestino

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Mãe

To aqui no Rio de Janeiro

Mãe

To na Guanabara

Não sou mais pau-de-arara

Mãe

Diz pro mano Juca

Que o Rio é uma coisa maluca

Todo mundo está com a nota

Ninguém ta com a cara


Acontece que mesmo com dinheiro

Lá na venda não tem o que comprar

Eu entrei numa fila quinta-feira

No domingo de tarde ainda tava lá

Pra comprar um quilinho de feijão

Minha mãe eu confesso é um horror

Tem que dar 30 conto de entrada

Tem que ser reservista e ter fiador


Eu queria voltar pra Maceió

Mas eu fico no Rio que é melhor


Aluguei uma vaga no Leblon

Com direito a café pela manhã

Acontece que o dono fala fino

E já anda espalhando

Que é meu fã

De manhã ele mesmo traz o lanche

o danado não tem nem cerimônia

É café, macaxeira e cuscuz

Sanduíches, bolinhos e pamonha


Eu queria voltar pra Maceió

Mas eu fico no Rio que é melhor

Translation

Mom

I'm here in Rio de Janeiro

Mom

I'm in Guanabara

I'm no longer a hick

Mom

Tell brother Juca

That Rio is a crazy thing

Everyone has the money

No one has the face


It happens that even with money

There's nothing to buy at the store

I got in line on Thursday

On Sunday afternoon I was still there

To buy a kilo of beans

My mother, I confess, it's a horror

You have to give 30 bucks as a down payment

You have to be a reservist and have a guarantor


I wanted to go back to Maceió

But I'm staying in Rio, which is better


I rented a spot in Leblon

With the right to coffee in the morning

It happens that the owner speaks fine

And he's already spreading around

That he's my fan

In the morning he brings the snack himself

The darned one has no ceremony

It's coffee, cassava and couscous

Sandwiches, cakes and pamonha


I wanted to go back to Maceió

But I'm staying in Rio, which is better

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