Falsa Baiana
João Gilberto
Fake Bahian
A Bahian who enters the samba, just stands still
Doesn't sing, doesn't dance
Doesn't move at all
Doesn't know how to drive the youth crazy
A Bahian is the one who enters the samba
Any way she can
Who stirs, shakes
Ties knots in the chairs
And leaves the young folks drooling
The fake Bahian when she enters the samba
No one minds
No one claps
No one opens the circle
No one shouts: Hooray!
Hail Bahia, Lord
But we like it when a Bahian
Shakes it just right, from top to bottom
Rolls her eyes
And says: I am a daughter of São Salvador
