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Trio Nordestino

O Vendedor de BiscoitosThe Cookie Seller

Trio Nordestino · Dia de Festejo Party Day (1982)

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Composer: Trio Nordestino

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Eu sou o Zé Paraíba

Vim lá de riba só pra trabalhar

Pode me chamar de pau de arara

Se vai com a minha cara, eu não vou ligar.


Sou pai de família, sujeito honrado.

Não compro fiado, não devo a ninguém.

Não sou vigarista, e acho isso feio

Não pego no alheio, isso não me convem


Não sei se você sabe, servi na Itália

Não tenho medalha, não sou um Zé ninguém

Viver do trabalho é o que eu compreendo

Por isso é que eu vendo biscoito no trem.


Pois eu tenho filhinho pequeno demais

mas ele já faz o que pude ensinar

Já assina o seu nome, já lê a cartilha

Já Sabe que Brasília é a "capitá"


É um brasileirinho esperto e sadio

Não é um vadio não ri de ninguém

Eu quero que a vida ele compreenda

Pra que ele não venda biscoito no trem.

Translation

I am Zé Paraíba

I came from up there just to work

You can call me a migrant worker

If you like my face, I won't mind.


I am a family man, an honorable subject.

I don't buy on credit, I don't owe anyone.

I'm not a crook, and I think that's ugly

I don't take what belongs to others, that doesn't suit me


I don't know if you know, I served in Italy

I don't have a medal, I'm not a nobody

Living from work is what I understand

That's why I sell cookies on the train.


Because I have a little son who is too young

But he already does what I could teach him

He already signs his name, already reads the primer

He already knows that Brasília is the "capital"


He is a smart and healthy little Brazilian

He is not a bum, he doesn't laugh at anyone

I want him to understand life

So that he doesn't sell cookies on the train.

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