Obrigado Patrão Velho

Old boss, thank you very much
For this blue sky
For this land so beautiful
For Rio Grande do Sul

For making me a gaucho
Who came from this place
And the full moon rising
Making the cowboy dream

Thank you very much
For the wanderings of the countryside
For the cheerful country girl
And the taste of bitter mate

Old boss, thank you very much
For the barn dances
For the rodeo Sundays
In the fields of my homeland

For the frost falling
Turning the grass white
For this rebellious flame
Burning inside me

Thank you very much
For these wandering souls
Who, like the Minuano wind,
Roam through the hills

Old boss, thank you very much
For this blue sky
For this land so beautiful
For Rio Grande do Sul