Chuá, Chuá/ Fui Passear No Norte/ Moemá Morenou

I stepped on the dry leaf
Saw it go chuá, chuá
I also stepped on the dry leaf
Saw it go chuá, chuá

Chuá, Chuá Chuá, Chuá
Chuá, Chuá Chuá, Chuá

I swear to God I'm not lying
With sincerity I'll tell you why
I stepped on the dry leaf
Saw it go chuá, chuá
I also stepped on the dry leaf
Saw it go chuá, chuá

Chuá, Chuá Chuá, Chuá
Chuá, Chuá Chuá, Chuá

Tired of samba pagode
I headed to Ceará

But I went for a walk
I went for a walk in the North
I liked it a lot, I was lucky
I met Ceará, my Ceará
I found a cearense who liked me
Have patience, I don't want anything with cearense because

Ceará put Santo Antônio on the raft

Friend, if you go to Recife
Bring me a yellow-naped amazon
Also bring me a box of bullets
That fit my gun's caliber

If you go to Bahia
Bring me a box of dum-dum bullets
I need ammunition
To load my gun and get them one by one

I went for a walk in the North
I liked it a lot, I was lucky
I met Ceará, my Ceará
I found a cearense who liked me
Have patience, I don't want anything with cearense because

Ceará put Santo Antônio on the raft

Moemá tanned
The sea water wet you, Bahia sun burned you
Your body got tanned, darkened
Moemá tanned
The sea water wet you, Bahia sun burned you
Your body got tanned, darkened
Serrana baiana, serrana baiana
I wanted to leave
She asked me
Not to go there, la, la, laia
Saying if I left Serrinha
She would never be mine
So, I decided to stay
To not see my little Bahian cry
To not see my little Bahian cry

Mr. Chico Bento tucks in his shirt
Ordered by the sergeant of the first battalion