Lingua Ferina Lyrics Translation in English

Jackson do Pandeiro
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Quando esse cabra morrer

When this guy dies

O corpo vai num caixão

The body goes in a coffin

Mas a lingua desse cabra

But this guy's tongue

Tem que ir num caminhão

Has to go in a truck


Quando ele veio do norte

When he came from the north

Era tudo o que ele tinha

It was all he had

Um pouco de raspa dura

A bit of tough scrapings

Uma colher com farinha

A spoonful of flour

Uma esteira na cabeça

A mat on his head

Puxando uma cachorrinha

Pulling a little dog


Agora que ele tem

Now that he has

Meia dúzia de tostão

A handful of coins

Fala mal do carioca

He speaks ill of the person from Rio

Que tanto lhe deu a mão

Who helped him so much

Eu também sou do nordeste

I too am from the Northeast

E sempre achei que o homem

And I always thought that the man

Que honra a calça que veste

Who honors the pants he wears

Nao suja o prato onde come

Doesn't soil the plate where he eats

Added by Ricardo Costa
São Paulo, Brazil August 11, 2024
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