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Trio Nordestino

Último Pau De AraraLast Arara Pole (Arara is a type of wood)

Trio Nordestino · Xodó Do Brasil Brazil's Sweetheart (1997)

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Composer: Trio Nordestino

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Full lyrics

A vida aqui só é ruim

Quando não chove no chão

Mas se chover, dá de tudo


Fartura tem de porção

Tomara que chova logo

Tomara meu Deus tomara


Só deixo o meu Cariri

No último pau-de-arara

Só deixo o meu Cariri

No último pau-de-arara


Enquanto a minha vaquinha

Tiver couro e o osso

E puder com o chocalho

Pendurado no pescoço


Eu vou ficando por aqui

Que Deus do céu me ajude

Quem sai da terra Natal

Em outro canto não para


Só deixo o meu Cariri

No último pau-de-arara

Só deixo o meu Cariri

No último pau-de-arara

Translation

Life here is only bad

When it doesn't rain on the ground

But if it rains, everything grows


There's plenty in abundance

I hope it rains soon

I hope, my God, I hope


I'll only leave my Cariri

On the last 'pau-de-arara' truck

I'll only leave my Cariri

On the last 'pau-de-arara' truck


As long as my little cow

Has hide and bone

And can wear the bell

Hanging from its neck


I'll be staying around here

May God in heaven help me

Whoever leaves their native land

Wont' stop in another place


I'll only leave my Cariri

On the last 'pau-de-arara' truck

I'll only leave my Cariri

On the last 'pau-de-arara' truck

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