O Casamento Matuto da Bicharada

Once in the backlands
A country fair was invented
And a countryside wedding
Like no other
It was the most beautiful party
That happened in Ceará

And the frog was-maybe-wasn't
The groom of the occasion
Miss jia, his bride
The turkey, the sexton
His duck was the priest
He said mass and praise

The lizard witnessed
The wedding that day
The armadillo delegate
Ensured the joy
The rooster was a soldier
And the lizard was a guard

To play at the big wedding
The skunk accordionist
Tuned his instrument
Gave a tambourine to the cricket
And the bass drum to the donkey

The praying mantis and the ant
Started to dance
The firefly and the butterfly
Decided to imitate
The mosquito, with his fiddle
Didn't stop playing

The caterpillar brought the harmonica
The gecko the tambourine
On the guitar, the cashew tree
And on the viola, the termite
Mrs. fly accompanied
Whistling her piccolo

When the bride said yes
Mrs. duck appeared
Stop the wedding immediately
That frog is all mine!
A commotion began
And that's how it happened

The cicada said
That she didn't understand
How could, Mrs. duck
End all the joy
By ending suddenly
Miss jia's wedding?

That's when they heard
My people, look here
This is a joke!
Said the speckled rooster
Calming the animals
With his cock-a-doodle-doo

There was a big laugh
And the party continued
Until dawn
And no one got tired
That's how it happened
The owl told me