Amanheceu, Peguei a Viola

Dawn Broke, I Grabbed the Guitar

Dawn broke, I grabbed the guitar, put it in the bag and went traveling
I'm a singer and everything in this world is worth for me to sing
and practice
My art taps the strings
And these people like to hear me sing
Dawn broke, I grabbed the guitar, put it in the bag and went
traveling

At noon I was in Mato Grosso, from the south or the
north, I can't explain
I can only say that it was in the late afternoon,
I was already singing in Belém do Pará
Dawn broke, I grabbed the guitar, put it in the bag and went
traveling
In Porto Alegre a colonel asked me to put music to a verse he made
For a lady, who through poetry,
Not even in Beijing is such haughtiness seen.

Dawn broke, I grabbed the guitar, put it in the bag and went
traveling
I stopped in Minas to change the strings, and went straight
to Ceará
And on the way I was thinking, it's beautiful,
This great adventure of being able to sing.
Dawn broke, I grabbed the guitar, put it in the bag and went
traveling

Night came and caught me singing, at a dance, in the
north of Paraná
From then on no one is surprised anymore,
And I can't tell the rest of the night.
Night fell, and I returned home,
Because the day was long and the sun wants to rest.