Composer: Trio Nordestino
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
No Araripe fizeram um forro
E a poeira deu um nó e faltou o gás
Era 4 mulheres para um cavalheiro
Mais o sanfoneiro era ruim de mais
A meia noite o cabloco Paulo
Selou um cavalo e mandou esperar
Foi buscar Januário que é velho macho
Com seus 8 baixos pra gente dançar
Quando o velho Januário chegou
A moçada ficou doida dentro do salão
O bacamarte roncou lá na serra
A cabruêra dançou tanto que furou o chão
Tá velho, Tá operado, beber já não pode
mas com seu pé de bode anima o sertão
Puxe o fole Januário
Esse fole é de ouro é dum bom tocador
Quando você rasga esse fole na serra
Se o forro encerra o dia clareou
Translation
In Araripe they made a forró
And the dust tied a knot and the energy ran out
There were 4 women for one gentleman
But the sanfoneiro was too bad
At midnight the caboclo Paulo
Saddled a horse and told it to wait
Went to fetch Januário who is an old tough guy
With his 8-bass for us to dance
When old Januário arrived
The young people went crazy inside the hall
The blunderbuss roared up in the serra
The cabruêra danced so much that they wore a hole in the floor
He's old, He's had surgery, he can't drink anymore
but with his pé de bode he livens up the sertão
Pull the fole Januário
This fole is made of gold, it's from a good musician
When you make this fole roar in the serra
If the forró ends, the day has dawned
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