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In the Sertões of the Northeast
Devouts and cangaceiros
Owners of life and death
Aided by coiteiros
Turned the world inside out
As heroes of fairness.
This one Virgulino Ferreira
Was the Emperor of the Sertão
Disarranging the arranged
With his rifle in hand
Respected for his name
Virgulino Lampião.
Some speak of his death
Others say not
The men are lying
The people are not
They cut the King’s head
But didn’t kill Lampião.
The object of Lampião’s love
Wore cheap clothes
Of the Sertão trails
She was the dearest dame
In the Cangaço
Maria Bonita was her name.
Death and Love in this picture
With the roaring of accordions
Rifle, dagger and machete
In a fight to the death
Lifts dust off the ground
Until the sunrises
This story took place
In the Trails of Sertão
Between God and Satan
For good and for bad
Of the people's crafts
With the blood of their own hands.