João Gostoso era carregador de feira livre e morava no morro da Babilônia num barracão sem número Uma noite ele chegou no bar Vinte de Novembro Bebeu Cantou Dançou Depois se atirou na lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas e morreu afogado.
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Text Authorship:
- by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Poema tirado de uma notícia de jornal" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Osvaldo Costa de Lacerda (1927 - 2011), "Poema tirado de uma notícia de jornal", 1964, published 1970 [ voice and piano ], São Paulo: Ricordi Brasileira [sung text not yet checked]
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