Matuto no Forró

It's one more whip
One more composition
Of singing in a fast-paced style
Jota, Jotinha, and Jotão
Countryman at the Forró

I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance
And I'm going to dance at the forró
There I won't dance alone
Because I'm going to find my partner
I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance

I'm going to dance at the forró
But there I won't dance alone
Because I'm going to find my partner

When I was fifteen years old
I was a bit silly
I only lived in the backlands
Working as a hired hand
My notebook was the field
My pen was the axe
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

There I was a country bumpkin
Looking for a girlfriend
When I saw a woman
I would say something rude
The girls from my place
Just called me a fool
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

Looking for a girlfriend
I was full of mischief
If I saw a couple
Dating near me
I would act like a cockroach
Just spreading bad vibes
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

Nobody liked me
Because besides being too ugly
If I touched a girl
Trying to get attention
The girl would say like this:
Get out of here, Satan
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

One day I said to my parents:
Today no one will stop me
There's going to be a party
At the pirate's club
Tonight I'm going there
To see if I find a girl
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

So I put on a tie
And tied it around my neck
I wore old pants
Tight around the calf
And I arrived there looking
Like Judas in a suit
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

When I arrived at the forró
The doorman ran away
The homeowner said:
Oh my goodness
People, let's pray
Because the devil just arrived
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

A lady shouted loudly:
My Jesus, who is that
Ugly, dirty, and badly dressed
I'm already afraid of him
If that's not the devil
He must have sent him
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

She ran, he ran
There was a big commotion
Some entering, others leaving
Out of the hall
And I drinking cachaça
Leaning on the counter
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

After the commotion
I said: the drama is over
The accordion player came back
The program continued
And at that moment I said:
I'm going to find my lady
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

I approached a lady
Started with a commotion
This woman said like this:
Get out of here, fool
God forbid I dance
With an ugly creature like you
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

I said: I'm in a lundu
Tonight I'm going to fight
Is it bad luck
Or a great punishment
That these girls here
Don't want to dance with me
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

It seems like a punishment
That a girl appeared
Thin as a stick
And black as coal
Her nose was half a palm long
And her lips looked like a tire
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

Do you know what happened?
I grabbed that unfortunate
Started dancing with her
Saying: I'm happy
I went to kiss her on the lips
Mistakenly kissed her nose
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

My people, she only wanted me
I'll tell you the result
She had one deep eye
And the other one popped out
Each breast weighed a kilo
And her butt leaned to one side
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

But me, all country bumpkin
I grabbed that sector
She said: what do you want
Tell me, my love
And I said: I want to put
And oil in your engine
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

She said: my love
Then it's going to happen now
I'm going to take off my clothes
And you stay without delay
I went out naked in the middle of the people
With my documents hanging out
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

I bumped into a lady
I was almost naked
This woman said like this:
Where did this pervert come from
Naked in the middle of us
With that thing hanging down there?
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

Then a soldier arrived
Spent about twenty minutes
Just beating me
I got beaten like a brute
And from that day on
I stopped being a country bumpkin
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

Today I'm no longer a country bumpkin
I left that village
After that day
After that beating
I got angry at parties
At country bumpkins and ugly women
(I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance)

I'm going to dance at the forró
But there I won't dance alone
Because I want to find my partner
I'm going to dance, I'm going to dance.