Lyrics from "Vingança" by José Maria de Abreu and Francisco Matoso; recorded by Gastão Formenti (1935) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byq6LrMfoqI ___ Lá na beira do roçado // Out at the farmland's edge Onde a tristeza não vem // Where sorrow doesn't reach Eu vivia sossegado // I lived so serenely Com a viola do meu lado // With… Continue reading Vingança
Lyrics from "Adeus, América" by Geraldo Jacques and Haroldo Barbosa (1948) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDqZnKLRCE __ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn7kxtdTP4Y __ Não posso mais, ai que saudade do Brasil // I can't take it anymore, ai, what saudade of Brazil Ai que vontade que eu tenho de voltar // Oh how I long to return Adeus América, essa terra é muito… Continue reading Adeus, América
Today I'm departing from the usual format of this blog to tell a little story I found funny about a lyric-less choro song. If any of you, my dear readers, are fans of the 1981 comedy Stripes, and happen to have watched it enough to have the soundtrack fully fixed in your memory, then maybe you'll remember… Continue reading “Chorando Baixinho” and “Winger theme” (Stripes)
Lyrical Brazil 