Boi Soberano

I remember and I miss the time that goes by
From my cowboy days when I was traveling
I was never sad, I was always singing
Month and month cutting the road on my roan horse
Always dealing with cattle, since the age of 15
I don't forget transport, six hundred Cuiaba oxen
In the middle there was a black ox named Sovereign

At parting time the farmer spoke
Be careful with this bull that is frivolous in Guampas
This bull is a criminal, he has already done me a lot of damage
We play on the roads always thinking about that
In the city of Barretos, when I arrived
The crowd broke out, wow, all I saw was people screaming
It really was tyranny, the Sovereign was in front

In the city's commerce, the doors were closing
There was a boy on the street, he was probably playing
When he saw that he was dying of fright, he fainted
Poor thing leaned in front of the Sovereign
The Sovereign stopped, then, at the top he was snorting
Hitting back with his horn the oxen that were passing by
Then the child's father came shouting from afar

If this ox kills my son, I'll kill whoever plays it
And when he saw his son alive and the ox watching over him
He fell to the ground on his knees and begged God
Save my guardian angel from this tyrannical moment
When the herd passed, the ox retreated
The father of this child came and bought me the Sovereign
This ox saved my son, no one kills the Sovereign