É Pá Canta Lá O Fado
Fernando Farinha
Go Sing Fado There
Fado lost its race
That faded grace
Stopped being disorderly
And companion of revelry
These fado singers nowadays
Bring fado turned around
In retreats and salons
They sing songs instead of fado
Go don't stay silent
Go sing fado there
Fado was like this, my lords
With wine flowing from the cask
So ill-mannered and tipsy
That's when fado was true fado
Today fado is for foreigners,
For bankers, and for doctors
The fado singers are artists, not fado singers
They are already singers
It's sung in nightclubs and thus pretending to be fancy
Fado changed course, now it's mandatory consumption
Go don't stay silent
Go sing fado there
Fado was like this, my lords
With wine flowing from the cask
So ill-mannered and tipsy
That's when fado was true fado
Go don't stay silent
Go sing fado there
Fado was like this, my lords
With wine flowing from the cask
So ill-mannered and tipsy
That's when fado was true fado
