Como Tem Zé Na Paraíba

Wow, how many Zés
Zé from below, Zé from above
I exorcise you with so many Zés
How many Zés there are in Paraíba
(Chorus repeats)

There at the market, it's only Zé causing a stir
There are more Zés than catolé coconuts
There are a hundred Zés just in the City Hall
Another hundred in the commerce, full of Zés
So many Zés like this is a mess
I only know that there are Zés everywhere
It reminds me of the stuttering of a stutterer
Who struggled to say Zé

At a forró I went to in Cajazeira
All hell broke loose and chaos ensued
Because a drunk in the middle of the drunkenness
Spoke ill and insulted the mother of a Zé
As there were only Zés in that uproar
There was immediately a big commotion
Zé's mother was everyone's mother
In the hall, everyone named Zé fought

There's Zé João, Zé Pilão, and Zé Maleta
Zé Negão, Zé da Cota, Zé Quelé
Everyone has only one recipe
When they want to have a child, it's always Zé
And with this frankness that I use
I repeat, and let whoever wants to get angry
So many Zés like this is an abuse
But the devil is that my name is Zé