Carancho

- Every time I flourish this brand
I remember a fandango there in Pinhal da Serra
On the banks of the Pelotas River
I was a ranch hand
And I don't know why sometimes they wouldn't invite me
To these dances

But as this was a very famous fandango
I decided to go uninvited
It was a Saturday when the sun was already setting
I mounted my bay horse and at a trot
I cut about three and a half leagues more or less
When I arrived in a clearing like this
I heard down below from a ramada
An accordion playing something like this

- I arrived in front of the ranch
I tied up my horse
Paid the entrance fee and went in
And went straight to the musicians' side
And the fandango was boiling in the swing of the vaneirão
Just like this

- When the accordion player saw me, he shouted from there
- Grab the accordion Zé Mendes, give me a taste
Play a little because I need to dance with a girl
Who has been eyeing me for hours

I pulled out my eight bass and played a vaneira
More or less like this
And I decided to sing some verses, and I sang

I came here without anyone inviting me
But I also know how to play, and I also know how to sing

Because I really like ranch dances
I came uninvited, I came uninvited
I came here without anyone inviting me
But I also know how to play, and I also know how to sing
Because I really like ranch dances
I came uninvited, I came uninvited

- And the accordion player disappeared into the room
It was past midnight, I was very hungry
And I sang some verses for the cacheio

I didn't come here just to suffer
I want to eat, I want to eat
I didn't come here just to suffer
I want to eat, I want to eat

-The waiter brought me a tray
With pastries but my throat started to dry
And I said a few more verses to the waiter

I didn't come here just to eat
I want to drink, I want to drink
I didn't come here just to eat
I want to drink, I want to drink

- Then they brought me a soda
I drank it and then a girl arrived
One of those modern ones with a miniskirt
Very pretty who asked me

- Listen here, accordion player, are you only going to play this?
Don't you play anything by Roberto Carlos?
- And I, not being very scared, replied
- I play, miss, wait for it, and I played
- Suddenly at the fandango a guy appeared
With long hair, enjoying a hippie vibe
He came and said to me
- Listen here, cut this and play something different
And I replied to him

- What do you want, man?
- Play a Beatles one
- Huh, Beatles, here it goes!
And I played again

- Then I was already tired
And the accordion player didn't show up
I decided to sing some verses to him

I didn't come here just to play
I want to dance, I want to dance
I didn't come here just to play
I want to dance, I want to dance

- And the accordion player heard the verses
Left his partner and came and picked up his
Accordion and played almost the same

- And I invited the most beautiful girl in the room
Who was wearing a red skirt and started marking the vaneirão
And taking advantage of the momentum, I sang a verse in the girl's ear

I came here but not just to dance
I want to hold you, I want to hold you
I came here but not just to dance
I want to hold you, I want to hold you

- And the girl replied to me in kind

You came here but you can't hold me
You'll get a beating, you'll get a beating
You came here but you can't hold me
You'll get a beating, you'll get a beating

- And when I looked to one side
There was the old man, the girl's father
With a grimace on his face who sang
Some verses to me

You came here but you're very ugly
Don't make it easy for me or I'll hit you with the whip
You came here but you're very ugly
Don't make it easy for me or I'll hit you with the whip

- And to avoid getting beaten at this dance
I had to sing some verses to the old man

I came here but I didn't just arrive now
If it's going to be like this then I'll leave
I came here but I didn't just arrive now
If it's going to be like this then I'll leave

And the fandango ended right then
I mounted my bay horse and left the field