São Francisco Nosso Irmão

Oh swing, swung! Oh swing, swung!
My love went away in the comings and goings of the steamboat
Oh swing, swung! Oh swing, swung!
My love went away in the comings and goings of the steamboat

Here comes the river quenching the thirst of the Backlands
Here comes the river, it's Saint Francis our brother
Here comes the river quenching the thirst of the Backlands
Here comes the river, it's Saint Francis our brother

Pirapora, Januária asked where I was going
I'm leaving, Minas Gerais, how I miss you
I'm arriving in Bahia

In Xique-Xique I go, with my little boat sailing
In Bom Jesus da Lapa, Ibotirama, Morpará

Petrolina, Juazeiro, where is my love?
Went to Sobradinho earlier
Swinging in the comings and goings of the steamboat

Hey swing, swung! Hey swing, swung!
My love went away in the comings and goings of the steamboat
Hey swing, swung! Hey swing, swung!
My love went away in the comings and goings of the steamboat

Here comes the river quenching the thirst of the Backlands
Here comes the river, it's Saint Francis our brother
Here comes the river quenching the thirst of the Backlands
Here comes the river, it's Saint Francis our brother

Paulo Afonso, the waterfall generating energy
Flooding, Alagoas in a good way
Sergipe is pure joy

From Penedo I go, I'll say in Propriá
That in Pão de Açúcar there are many girls to date

Saint Francis, how I miss you, I'm starting to cry
But it's at Pontal do Peba
That your waters flow into the sea

Hey swing, swung! Hey swing, swung!
My love went away in the comings and goings of the steamboat
Hey swing, swung! Hey swing, swung!
My love went away in the comings and goings of the steamboat