Vida de Vaqueiro Lyrics Translation in English

Eu quarqué dia

I go any day

Vou-me embora pro sertão

I'm going away to the hinterland

Pois saudade

Because longing

Não me deixa sossegar

Doesn't let me rest

Chegando lá

Arriving there

Visto logo meu gibão

I quickly put on my leather jacket

Selo o cavalo

I brand the horse

E vou pro mato vaquejar

And go into the woods to herd cattle

O bom vaqueiro

The good cowboy

Traz sempre no alforge

Always carries in the bag

Farinha seca

Dried flour

Rapadura, carne assada

Rapadura, roasted meat

Mas tem um fraco

But there's a weakness

Que é um vício que num foge

It's a vice that doesn't escape

Samba de fole

Accordion music

Com muié desocupada

With a woman of leisure

Êi, êi, gado

Hey, hey, cattle

Êi, êi, gado

Hey, hey, cattle

Êi, êi, êi, êi, êi, êi,êi, êi, êi, boi...

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, ox...

Vou pegar o cara preta

I'll catch the black-faced steer

Boto chocáio e careta

I put on spurs and a grimace

E depois conto como foi

And later, I'll tell how it went