Corrido de São Bento Grande

What a group this is
What a good group
It's the mangangá on the canoe's swing
I climbed the mountain, went down the hill
I saw a group playing capoeira
Angola game, regional
I play pandeiro, atabaque, and berimbau

The berimbau played
The pandeiro rolled
The atabaque thundered
And I was there
I wrote my name
On the wire
Who wants to know my name
Will have to play
Hey camaraderie, ah, ah
Hey fuss wall of clay won't defeat me

Blacksmith's house, wooden skewer
If you're not sly
You might get in trouble
I do a half moon, I do
I do a stingray tail
If you're good in the roda
I also know how to play
A good capoeirista
Doesn't run from the fight
A good capoeirista
Doesn't step back
Comrade, ha, ha
Shake off the dust
And sway and sway and sway
In swinging

Get out of the way, you black man
This guy wants to bring me down
He carries the swagger in his body
And a razor in his hand to cut
When I looked, it was already late
My chest had already bled
I knelt at the foot of the berimbau
And started to pray
O lá lauê.... Lalailá
O lái lalaolá