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Trio Nordestino

O Vendedor de CaranguejoThe Crab Seller

Trio Nordestino · Canta o Nordeste Sing the Northeast (2017)

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Composer: Trio Nordestino

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Full lyrics

Caranguejo Uçá

Caranguejo Uçá

Apanho ele na lama

E boto no meu caçuá


Tem caranguejo

Tem gordo goiamum

Cada corda de dez

Eu dou mais um

Eu dou mais um

Eu dou mais um

Cada corda de dez

Eu dou mais um


Eu perdi a mocidade

Com os pés sujos de lama

Eu fiquei analfabeto

Mas meus filho criou fama

Pelo gosto dos meninos

Pelo gosto da mulher

Eu já ia descansar

Não sujava mais os pé


Os bichinho tão criado

Satisfiz o meu desejo

Eu podia descansar

Mas continuo vendendo caranguejo

Translation

Uçá Crab

Uçá Crab

I catch him in the mud

And put him in my basket


There are crabs

There are fat goiamum crabs

For each string of ten

I give one more

I give one more

I give one more

For each string of ten

I give one more


I lost my youth

With my feet dirty with mud

I remained illiterate

But my children gained fame

For the taste of the boys

For the taste of the woman

I was going to rest

No longer dirty my feet


The little animals are raised

I satisfied my desire

I could rest

But I continue selling crabs

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