Morena de Angola

Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
I wonder if she moves the rattle or if the rattle moves her
Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
I wonder if she moves the rattle or if the rattle moves her

Does the brunette nap listening to the whisper of the rattle?
Does she wake up swaying and head straight to work rattling?

Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
I wonder if she moves the rattle or if the rattle moves her
Is she in the kitchen cooking chicken cabidela?
Did she forget about the chicken and start drumming on the pot?

In the middle of the woods, hidden, does the brunette still rattle?
Does she not get anxious to dance in the heat of the battle?

Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
Passing by the regiment, she makes the sentry sway

Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
I wonder if she moves the rattle or if the rattle moves her
Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
I wonder if she moves the rattle or if the rattle moves her

When she goes to bed, does the brunette forget about the rattles?
Does she flirt while jingling with her trinkets?

Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
I wonder if she moves the rattle or if the rattle moves her
Is she putting effort into the fish I brought from Benguela?
Is she dancing and left my fish in the bowl?

When she gets upset, does she quarantine her rattle?
Does she then put the shin in the child's niche?

Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
I think I left a piece of my heart in Catumbela

Angolan brunette who wears the rattle tied to her shin
Brunette, naughty little thing, my comrade from the MPLA