Rebichada

I don't care to work like a dog
The donkey is my equal
I die much more than a cat on the hill
When carnival arrives
I'm the one who pokes the rooster, you see
For the rooster to crow
But if they step on my corn
I don't keep quiet
I have to speak
How I speak

Woof, woof, woof, hi-ho, hi-ho
Meow, meow, meow, cock-a-doodle-doo
This story is older than the story
Of the glory days of the old baron
If you don't know this story by heart
Refresh your memory and pay attention to me
It's not me who repeats this story
It's the story that loves a repetition
A repetition

I'm the one who distracts the rooster, in fact
When the other one is going to hatch
I'm the one who makes a cat's bed
I make the cat pee
I kiss the hand of a mongrel, yes
I call a donkey a doctor
But if someone disrespects me
Mistreats my pride
And my worth
I let go

Woof, woof, woof, hi-ho, hi-ho
Meow, meow, meow, cock-a-doodle-doo
This fable comes from another century
Through the installment of a German
The brother of the German gave it to a black man
Who sold it to a Greek
For half a million
That Greek died of an embolism
And left to his aunt
What he had in his hand
That aunt married a pirate
And sank with the frigate
There in Maranhão
This legend spread on the farm
Ground in the mill
And spread in the backlands
And I don't deny that I stole from a blind man
And I still put it on the nail
To buy my bread
It's not me who repeats this story
It's the story that loves
A repetition
A repetition