Vai, azulão, azulão, companheiro, vai! vai ver minha ingrata. Diz que sem ela o sertão não é mai sertão! Ai! vai, azulão, vai contar, companheiro, vai!
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Glossary:
Sertão = any remote area of Brazil, particularly in the north.
Composition:
- Set to music by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907 - 1993), "Vai, azulão", 1938, published 1944 [ voice and piano ], Nova Iorque: Assoc. Music. Publ., also set in English
Text Authorship:
- by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Azulão"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Bluebird", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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