"Bandalhismo" by Aldir Blanc and João Bosco, 1980 https://youtu.be/lFxj9bRlJWg --- Meu coração tem butiquins imundos // My heart has squalid taverns Antros de ronda, vinte-e-um, purrinha // Dives of ronda, blackjack, purrinha [pub games] Onde trêmulas mãos de vagabundo // Where the trembling hands of vagabonds Batucam samba-enredo na caixinha // Beat samba-enredos on matchboxes Perdigoto, cascata, tosse, escarro //… Continue reading Bandalhismo
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Homenagem ao Malandro & Homenagem à Velha Guarda
Lyrics from "Homenagem ao Malandro" by Chico Buarque (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fVyckW2ljs --- I went to write a samba in honor of the cream of the malandragem That I know from Carnivals of years gone by I went to Lapa and the trip was wasted 'Cause that kind of malandragem doesn't exist anymore Now it's just not normal The amount of… Continue reading Homenagem ao Malandro & Homenagem à Velha Guarda
Sala de Recepção
Lyrics from "Sala de Recepção" by Cartola (early 1940s, recorded on Cartola II [1976]) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBeB0nZbvP4 -- Inhabited by people so simple and so poor Who have only the sun for shelter How can you sing, Mangueira? (response) Well we'll have you know we don't desire any more At night, the silvery moon, in silence, listens to our songs… Continue reading Sala de Recepção
Lyrical Brazil 