Carmelita

Arriving in the month of November giving the first rain if
the cowboys gather in front of the whitewashed house they will look in
the field if the pasture is already closed hey
the cowboy from the farm is the first to mount on his
beautiful and very fast brown horse and goes to the field
thinking about the farmer's daughter hey
running inside the caatinga rolling on top of the saddle if
avoiding thorns cat's claw and favela aboios and
verses talking about the beauty of the maiden hey
And he says in his aboio oh beautiful gentle cow has in
place of the bell a beautiful ribbon his name is
rose of the field the boy from carmelita hey
when the cowboys gather in front of the whitewashed house
a man with a beautiful voice starts singing a tune that
the farmer's daughter falls in love with right away hey
carmelita when she sees her true love all dressed
in leather she starts in despair mom let me go away
riding behind the cowboy hey
Getting sick the cowboy throws his leathers on the bed by
the field the cattle roar as if calling for him at the
corrall gate all the calves bellow hey
he says when I die I don't want crying or anything I just
want my leather hat my red shirt with
the very beautiful letters he was the king of the rodeo hey
and he says when I die put in my coffin my
leather uniform chaps hat jacket so I can play
with Saint Peter at the sorting parties hey
and don't forget to put the spurs and the hat the
picture of my horse that I always called xexéu so
I can play with Saint Peter at the rodeos in heaven hey
and I finish saying goodbye to the mountains the plateaus the
multirões the chapadas to all the good cowboys the
corrals and the drinks of all the farmers hey.