Sergio Mendes - Magalenha

Album:

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas Que Nada

(with pronunciation between and English language
Translation, by Dapianoman)


(Piano intro)


O ariá rai, O?


Obá, Obá, Obá,


O (o, o, o, o,) ariá rai, O?


Obá, Obá, Obá...



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CHORUS 1
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Mas que nada


Sai da minha frente eu quero passar


Pois o samba está animado


O que eu quero é sambar


Este samba que é misto de maracatu


é samba de preto velho


Samba de preto tu



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CHORUS 2:
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Mas que nada


Um samba como esse do legal


Voc? no vai querer


Que eu chegue no final



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English Translation (very rough)
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Oh, little song, what are you?
What? What? What?


More of that nothing

It wants to pass in front of me

To liven up the samba



What I want to do is to samba

This samba, the samba of veiled color

the mix of your maracas,

the samba of antique veiled color



More of that nothing,

a samba that's just barely legal

You start wanting to go into it

then arriving at the end

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