Santinho do Pau-Oco Lyrics Translation in English

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English Translation

Comigo é facão no toco é bolita dentro do boco

With me, it's a machete in hand, a marble inside the mouth

Tô chegando da fronteira mulherengo e calaveira

I'm coming from the border, a ladies' man and a scoundrel

Sou o santinho do pau-oco

I'm the little saint with the wooden stick


Quando guri sacristão, já roubava o vinho e pão

When I was a boy, an altar boy, I stole wine and bread

Só por causa da cerveja me excomungaram da igreja

Just because of beer, they excommunicated me from the church

Com água benta e facão

With holy water and a machete

Sou da costa do Uruguai onde ecoa o sapucay

I'm from the coast of Uruguay where the sapucay echoes

Ainda guri de alpargatas roubei a faca de prata

Still a boy in alpargatas, I stole the silver knife

E uma china do meu pai

And a girl from my father


Me criei fazendo changa sou tapado de camanga

I grew up doing odd jobs, I'm thick-headed

E quando o guardinha vinha querendo tirar farinha

And when the little guard came wanting to take flour

Eu tava chibeando tianga

I was pretending to be innocent

Ser mulherengo, é meu vício pois, sou primo do aparício

Being a ladies' man is my vice because I'm a cousin of Aparício

Peleio só se for de soco e só me faço de louco

I fight only with fists and I only pretend to be crazy

Pra me hospedar no hospício

To check into the psychiatric hospital

Added by Rafael Oliveira
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau August 31, 2024
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