Composer: Trio Nordestino
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
Na farinhada
Lá na serra do Teixeira
Namorei uma cabocla
Nunca vi tão feiticeira
A meninada
Descascava a macaxeira
Zé Migué no caititu
Eu e ela na penera
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
O vento dava
Sacudia a cabelera
Levantava a saia dela
No balanço da penera
Fechei os óio
E o vento foi soprando
Quando deu um ridimuinho
Sem querer tava espiando
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
De madrugada
Nós fiquemo ali sozinho
O pai dela soube disso
Deu de perna no caminho
Chegando lá
Até riu da brincadeira
Nós tava namorando
Eu e ela na penera
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
Tava na penera
Eu tava penerando
Eu tava de namoro
Eu tava namorando
Translation
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
At the flour mill
Up in the Teixeira mountains
I courted a native girl
I've never seen such an enchantress
The girls
Peeled the cassava
Zé Migué on the wild pig
Me and her at the sieve
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
The wind blew
Shook her hair
Lifted her skirt
In the sway of the sieve
I closed my eyes
And the wind was blowing
When a whirlwind came
Unintentionally I was peeking
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
At dawn
We stayed there alone
Her father found out about it
He ran all the way
Arriving there
He even laughed at the game
We were dating
Me and her at the sieve
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
I was at the sieve
I was sifting
I was dating
I was courting
