Malandros Maneiros
Roberto Ribeiro
Cool Rogues
Today we will pay our tribute
To those who embody all the cunning
They also honor and respect
Those who, carrying a pen
A notebook and a black sheet
Write someone's fate, be it luck or misfortune
They are the cool old rogues
Who have Saint George the warrior as their faithful protector
But he who wins, takes it, he who wins, takes it
Only what is written counts
There, you don't get away with just shouting
Those who wanted to take, didn't succeed
In the time of the fifth column
From there in Pavuna, Jacarepaguá
I remember when I was a boy
And in your Natalino I already heard about
During Marshal Dutra's government
There was neither trout nor my foot hurts
And in the war against the casinos
Constantino stopped and Niterói closed
They are the cool old rogues
Who have Saint George the warrior as their faithful protector
But he who wins, takes it, he who wins, takes it
Only what is written counts
There, you don't get away with just shouting
Those who wanted to take, didn't succeed
Ostrich, eagle, donkey, horse
Elephant, rooster, monkey, and lion
Butterfly, dog, rabbit
Ram, camel, deer, and peacock
I dreamt that you in the forest
Were at a party, but when you saw me, you ran
I trusted the rogue on the corner
And you can't even imagine the trouble that caused
They are the cool old rogues
Goat, snake, turkey, bull, tiger
Cat, pig, cow, bear, and alligator
In the simple group or dozen
Thousand and hundred, the one with faith wins
Butterfly of lost illusion
Turned my life into a sad garden
Today I suffer, inverted and surrounded
By all seven sides, poor me
