Baile Da Serra

I grab the accordion,
I sing this melody
Remembering a dance
That I went to a few days ago

It was up in the hills,
At Mané Romão's house
And I had a companion
Who was like a brother to me

And the accordion player
A determined gaucho
Made a sound on the accordion
And started to play
Played a xote
For a fancy dance
With its rhymed verses
He started to sing

And a brunette
With an enchanted body
Looked my way
And I went to dance with her
But my brother
With a girl in red
Started dancing closely
Something to envy

With the brunette
I spoke softly,
Slowly and nicely,
And courtship began
But my brother
With the girl in red
Danced very closely
And her father didn't like it

[- Also...
In the first song,
The guy starts dancing closely like that...
It could only end in a fight!]

At midnight
There was a fight in a corner
Three, four benches were broken
On my brother's back
In the early morning
They messed up again
It stank of trouble,
With guns and knives

[- It's the dance in the hills, folks!]

I'm one of those
Who like the commotion
I got into trouble
Just to see what would happen
[- And what happened, buddy?]
They cornered me,
Surrounded me with five, six
I knocked down a couple, three
And they couldn't cut me

[- They couldn't cut me because I'm quick!
- With a knife?
- No... to run when I see danger!]

And my brother,
With bad intentions,
Grabbed some tools
And cut many people
And so it went
Until daybreak
Because no one understood each other
Until the dance ended

[- And that's how the dances are in the hills of Rio Grande
Good accordion player, beautiful girl, lots of excitement,
And every now and then a fight in the corners...]