Zabumba, Triângulo e Sanfona

Our true forró
Lost its tradition
After the death of our
Beloved king of baião
And electronic forró
Took over the backlands

It was our Luiz Gonzaga
Who created forró
Especially baião
That's why he earned
The title King of Baião
And became very famous

Gonzagão started
Playing the accordion
With just a zabumbeiro
Accompanying him
And the people in front of him
Holding on and dancing

So that's how it was
That our forró was born
With accordion and zabumba
Then Luiz realized
That an instrument was missing
In his little forró

He thought and then
Told the zabumbeiro
Forró with just accordion
And zabumba, my friend
Is not a complete forró
It's not true forró

I'll think of an instrument
To add to forró
So our music
Can be complete
Just accordion and zabumba
Can't go on

One day he was
With his zabumbeiro
Playing forró on the beach
For the beachgoers
Making people dance
To earn money

There on the beach he saw
A little boy standing
Full of joy
And also faith
With a triangle in hand
Selling popsicles

The boy played
The triangle to attract
The attention of beachgoers
To buy his popsicles
When people bought
He played again

He played the triangle
And then said
Look at the popsicle, my people
Popsicle that's not bad!
To help me, folks
Buy popsicles from me

And when Luiz Gonzaga
Saw the boy playing
His triangle on the beach
He immediately said
I found the instrument
I was needing

The accordion, the zabumba
And the triangle as well
Will work for forró
Without a doubt it'll be good
No other instrument
Is better for my forró

So Luiz Gonzaga quickly
Bought a good triangle
And hired a guy to play
And the triangle fit perfectly
Just as he had thought

Luiz Gonzaga was
Full of joy
And said this triangle
From this moment on
Is the husband of the accordion
The marriage is done

With accordion, zabumba
And the triangle then
Luiz Gonzaga was
Very satisfied
So he named his forró
Baião

Then other accordionists
Started to follow
Luiz's example
Happy and smiling
Thus making baião
Rise in the Northeast

And because Gonzagão was
The creator of baião
He received what he deserved
With affection and love
The title King of Baião
And he is indeed the king

So our authentic and true forró
Is made only with
Triangle player and zabumbeiro
And the accordion playing
In the arms of the accordionist

But to our sadness
Unfortunately they created
This electronic forró
And popularized it
In such a big way
That they killed our forró

Our true forró
That Gonzagão created
The so-called electronic forró
Deoriginalized
In a way that forró
Truly ended

Instead of the accordionist
There's a forró band
With a bunch of instruments
Just making noise
And so our origins
Were eliminated without mercy

The accordion is still
In today's forró
But they took out the triangle
That existed in forró
And instead of the zabumba
They put a drum kit

Then they added
Other instruments as well
For example the guitar
Which has great value
For rock and other rhythms
But not for forró

Then our good King
Luiz Gonzaga died
Seeing the electronic forró
Taking the place of his
Forró that he created
But disappeared

They even changed the name
Of the original forró
They call it foot of the mountain forró
A total disrespect
For our Luiz Gonzaga
Our phenomenal king

They also created now
University forró
Which in my opinion
Was not necessary
Anyone who calls that forró
Is just a fool

Luiz Gonzaga is gone
Baião is gone
Today the June festivals
Are not the same
They've reversed the values
Of my beloved backlands

Today the Northeastern people
No longer have joy
They sigh, lament, suffer
And cry like babies
For the deaths of Luiz
And his baião too