Memórias do Café Nice

Ah! How much I miss it
Ah! How much I miss it
The chit-chat
The gossip
There at Café Nice
Ah! How much I miss it

In a Cadillac arrived Chico Alves
Soon in the samba he wanted to join
And Ismael only on bread with butter
Even forgot his girl to stay
And the samba went through the night
Café Nice was a piece of heaven
In a corner drummed João de Barro
Lamartine, Pixinguinha
Almirante and Noel

Ah! How much I miss it

Caymmi without belly and without locks
Showed Carmen what the Bahian woman has
Ary Barroso on the piano complained
That Donga made a samba that belongs to no one
And the samba went through the night
Café Nice dawned in celebration
Cartola tuned the guitar
What a pity that now only the longing remains

Ah! How much I miss it