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Trio Nordestino

De Lua a Jackson (Forró da Terra)From Moon to Jackson (Forró da Terra)

Trio Nordestino · Balanço Bom Good Swing (2004)

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Composer: Trio Nordestino

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O meu forró é como sapo na lagoa

Numa toada improvisada em dez pés

Minha anduzinha, me conta lorota boa

É 17,700 vou pagar 500 reis


Eu caminhei por 17 legua e meia

Andei a pé pelo sertão do canindé

Na paraiba, vou cheirar a carolina

E o xote da menina eu vou mostrar como é que é


É bom demais

Dança a menina

Dança o rapaz

A festa é boa

Onde tem forró da terra

Quando toca o pé-de-serra

Todo mundo pede mais


Eu convidei a comadre sebastiana

Chamei rosinha, xanduzinha, meu xodó

Aqui só sai com a morena tropicana

Chiclete com banana

Eu vou comer que nem jiló


Macaco dança 17 na corrente

Valeu valente no sertão do siridó

A asa branca quando vôa faz bonito

E ensina pro mané vito que hoje tem um forró

Translation

My forró is like a frog in the pond

In an improvised tune in ten feet

My anduzinha, tell me a good tall tale

It's 17,700, I'll pay 500 reis


I walked for 17 and a half leagues

I walked on foot through the sertão of Canindé

In Paraíba, I'm going to smell Carolina

And the girl's xote, I'm going to show how it is


It's really good

The girl dances

The boy dances

The party is good

Where there's local forró

When the pé-de-serra plays

Everyone asks for more


I invited godmother Sebastiana

I called Rosinha, Xanduzinha, my sweetheart

Here you only leave with the tropical brunette

Chewing gum with banana

I'm going to eat like jiló


The monkey dances 17 on the chain

It was worth it, brave one, in the sertão of Siridó

The white-winged pigeon when it flies, it does it beautifully

And teaches Mané Vito that today there's a forró

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