Mangueira - Samba-Enredo 2002

[Theme: Brazil with Z is for the Tough Guy, Brazil with S is the Nation of the Northeast]

I'm going to invade the Northeast
You tough guy
I'm Mangueira
With forró and xaxado
The son of the cracked ground
Comes with the First Station

Mangueira enchants
And sings the story that the people make, oh, oh, oh, oh
Come show the nation of the brave backlands
Of wars and immortal dreams
With each invasion, a reaction
For each expedition, a shout arose
The sun shone in the backlands
In the light of a new day
Legends and superstitions
Mysteries that come in the moonlight
I sailed on the Old Chico, with my singing

In singing and dancing
In sin or in faith, I'll keep going in the forró
Let the people applaud
To the sound of the accordion
I'm going down the hill
With Mangueira's trio
Sweet Cartola, your soul is here

Padim, Padre Ciço, make it rain joy
So that each drop is the bread of each day
I throw flowers into the sea to greet Yemanja
And in the washing of Bonfim, I ask for axé
Enchanted and predestined land
Your beauty has no end
Brazil, in my heart I carry peace
Never again Pau-de-arara

I'm going to invade the Northeast
You tough guy
I'm Mangueira
With forró and xaxado, the son of the cracked ground
Comes with the First Station