Itapecerica da Serra Lyrics Translation in English

Ah, comu eh baum vivê na roça

Oh, how good it is to live in the countryside

Acorda quandu u galu canta

Waking up when the rooster crows

Pegá us boi pá puxá carroça

Taking the oxen to pull the cart

Dá mio pas galinha assanhada

Giving corn to the eager chicken

Ah, eu so filiz nessi mundinhu

Oh, I am happy in this little world

Olhanu as pranta i us animar

Looking at the plants and the animals

No estilingue matanu us passarinhu

With a slingshot, hunting little birds

I pur ai andanu a cavalgar

And riding around on a horse

Ah, eu so filiz cas donzela daqui

Oh, I am happy with the local damsels

Num tem denti mas isso num importa

No teeth, but that doesn't matter

Elas saum bunita tem chero di capim

They are beautiful, with the scent of grass

Tem pulga i carrapatu mais ta baum assim

They have fleas and ticks, but it's fine like this

Ah, comu eh baum a cumida da roça

Oh, how good is the food of the countryside

Mata us porcu i cume elis sangranu

Killing pigs and eating them bleeding

Bebe leiti da vaca cheiu di duença

Drinking milk from a cow full of disease

I as fruta cheia di musquitu pousanu

And eating fruits with mosquitoes resting on them

Ah, comu eh baum pega uns vermi

Oh, how good it is to catch some worms

Fica ca barriga em forma di bola

Having a belly shaped like a ball

Eh taum baum se picadu di musquitu

It's so good to be bitten by mosquitoes

I andá nu barru inquantu u pé atola

And walking in the mud while the feet sink