Samba-Enredo 1976 - Os Sertões
Em Cima da Hora
Samba-Enredo 1976 - The Backlands
Marked by its own nature
The Northeast of my Brazil
Oh! lonely backlands
Of suffering and solitude
The land is dry
Hardly anything can be cultivated
Plants die and the air flees
Life is sad in this place
The backlander is strong
Overcomes endless misery
Backlander strong man (repeat)
The Poet said so
It was in the last century
In the interior of Bahia
The Man, revolted with the fate
of the world he lived in
Hid in the backlands
spreading rebellion
Rebelling against the law
That society offered
The Jagunços fought
Until the end
Defending Canudos (repeat)
In that fatal war
