Nas ondas da praia Nas ondas do mar Quero ser feliz Quero me afogar. Nas ondas da praia Quem vem me beijar? Quero a estrela-d'alva Rainha do mar. Quero ser feliz Nas ondas do mar Quero esquecer tudo Quero descansar.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Francisco Mignone (1897 - 1986), "Cantiga", 1938, published 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Quatro líricas, no. 1, São Paulo: Ricordi
Text Authorship:
- by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Cantiga"
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- ENG English (Sarah Daughtrey) (Lucy Zollner) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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