Morena do Grotão Lyrics Translation in English

Foi num pagode que fizeram no Grotão

It was at a pagode they organized in Grotão

E veio o povo de Pedreiras pra dançar

And the people from Pedreiras came to dance

Mas quando foi lá pra alta madrugada

But when it was towards late dawn

O povo de Pedreiras começou a porfiá

The people from Pedreiras started to insist

Querendo ser, o terror do lugar

Wanting to be the terror of the place

Na dança de coco, os maiorais

In the coco dance, the big shots

Começou a discussão

A discussion started

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Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

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Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

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Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

Mas as morenas tiram o coco é de amargar

But the dark-skinned girls dance in a way that's bitter

Sapatearam e não deixaram se vencer

They tapped their feet and didn't let themselves be defeated

E casa desceu de chão a dentro

And the house came down inside

E o povo dançando, acompanhou ela descer

And the people dancing followed her down

Quando veio o romper do dia

When the day broke

Já estavam bem longe

They were already far away

Mas eu inda ouvia

But I still heard

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Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

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Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

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Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

Passou dez dias e eu não vi ninguém voltar

Ten days passed and I saw no one return

Aí passei um telegrama pro Japão

So I sent a telegram to Japan

Para saber se lá tinha chegado

To know if they had arrived there

O povo de Pedreiras e as morenas do Grotão

The people from Pedreiras and the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

Me responderam que estavam se aproximando

They replied that they were approaching

Um bruto tropel e um povo cantando

A loud noise and people singing

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Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

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I want to see

Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão

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I want to see

Quem tira o couro das morenas do Grotão

Who takes the skin off the dark-skinned girls from Grotão