1982 - Bum Bum Paticumbum Prugurundum

I adorned my heart
With confetti and streamers
My mind became a girl
In a world of memories
I embraced the imperial crown
I made my carnival
Overflowing all my emotion
Oh! Praça Onze you are immortal
Your arms cradled the samba
Your apotheosis is triumphant
From a barrel came a cuíca
From another barrel a surdo for marking

With reco-reco, pandeiro, and tamborim
And beautiful Bahian women, the samba became like this (repeat)

And step by step in the beat the samba grew
In Candelária it built its peak
The donkeys, what an image, a pleasure for the eyes
Make way for the boys of Debret
The African women - what an original picture
Yemanjá, Yemanjá enriching the visual

(Come my love)

Come my love, send sadness away
It's carnival, it's revelry, on this day no one cries
Come my love, send sadness away
It's carnival, it's revelry, on this day no one cries

Super samba schools Ltd., super floats
Hiding skilled people, what a cowardice
Bum bum paticumbum prugurundum
Our samba, my people, that's it
Bum bum paticumbum prugurundum
Contagiating the Marquês de Sapucaí