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Lenda Viva/Mandei caiá meu sobrado

Lenda Viva (Living legend) – Mestre Boa Voz

(chorus – in rodas usually only the chorus is sang, the chorus was the original capoeira song which Mestre Boa Voz – and others, see below – expanded upon)
Mandei, caiá meu sobrado – I asked for my hut to be whitewashed
Mandei, mandei, mandei – I asked, I asked, I wasked
Mandei caiá de amarelo – I asked for it be done in yellow
Caiei, caiei, caiei!

Amarelo que lembra dourado – Yellow that reminds me of gold
Dourado, que é meu berimbau – golden, is my berimbau
Dourado, de cordão de ouro – golden, belt of gold
Besouro, Besouro, Besouro

Pra quem nunca ouviu falar – For those who never heard of
Pra aqueles que dizem: que é lenda! – And for those who say: it’s a legeng!
Pois saibam que Besouro preto – Then learn that Besouro Preto.
Viveu, viveu e morreu! – Lived, lived and died!

Pras bandas de Maracangalha, – Towards Maracangalha
Sem temer a inimigo nenhum – without fear for no enemy
Não valeu, seu corpo fechado – his closed body was not enough
Pra faca de aticum! – against the aticum knife

Mas mesmo depois de morto – but even after dead
Entre uma e outra cantiga – in this and that song
Besouro vai sempre viver – Besouro will live forever
Enquanto existir mandinga! – for as long as mandinga exists

(chorus)
Mandei, caiá meu sobrado
Mandei, mandei, mandei
Mandei caiá de amarelo
Caiei, caiei, caiei!

Mestre Casquinha’s Version:

Mestre Toni Vargas/Brasilia/Boca Rica

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