Tá capinando, tá!
Capim di pranta
Tá capinando, tá nascendo;
Rainha mandou dizê 
pru módi pará co'essa lavoura;
Mandou dizê! Mandou pará!

La-ra-li-la...

Field laborer song. The laborers are struggling against 'capim', a weed that grows faster than they can pick it. The queen orders the harvest to stop, and they rejoice. (note provided by Diana Daniel)

Text Authorship:

• from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Hernani da Costa Braga (1888 - 1948), "Capim di pranta" [ voice and piano ], from Canções nordestinas do folclore brasileiro, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , ""Jongo" Lied", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Diana Danieli

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-15
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Word count: 23