Riachão Tava Cantando

Lyrics, Translations, Music Video and Song Meaning

Riachão Tava Cantando

Author: Mestre Waldemar

Song Lyrics

0:00:53 - Riachão tava cantando

Eng: Riachão was singing

0:00:56 - Riachão tava cantando

Eng: Riachão was singing

0:00:58 - o meu bem

Eng: my goodness

0:00:59 - Na cidade do Açú

Eng: In the city of Açú

0:01:02 - Quando apareceu um negro

Eng: When a black man appeared

0:01:04 - o meu bem

Eng: my goodness

0:01:05 - da espécie de urubu

Eng: of the vulture species

0:01:07 - Tinha camisa de sola

Eng: He had a sole shirt

0:01:10 - Calça de couro cru

Eng: Rawhide pants

0:01:13 - Beiços grossos e virados, o meu bem

Eng: Thick and turned lips, my dear

0:01:16 - como a sola de um chinelo

Eng: like the sole of a slipper

0:01:19 - Um olho muito encarnado

Eng: A very red eye

0:01:21 - o outro bastante amarelo

Eng: the other quite yellow

0:01:24 - Ele chamou o Riachão, o meu bem

Eng: He called Riachão, my dear

0:01:27 - para vim cantá martelo

Eng: to come to sing a hammer

0:01:30 - Riachão arrespondeu

Eng: Riachão responded

0:01:32 - eu aqui não tô cantando, o meu bem

Eng: I'm not singing here, baby

0:01:35 - com nego desconhecido

Eng: with unknown nigger

0:01:38 - Ele pode ser cativo

Eng: He can be a captive

0:01:41 - e andar aqui fugido

Eng: and run away here

0:01:43 - Camaradinha

Eng: Comrade


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