Balaio de Café

Coffee Basket

Balaio de Café

Hey, man carrying a coffee basketOi, nego pego balaio de café
Hey, man takes his son and wifeOi, nego leva o filho e a mulher

Hey, man carrying a coffee basketOi, nego pego balaio de café
Hey, man takes his son and wifeOi, nego leva o filho e a mulher

Chico miner lived in his yard singingChico mineiro vivia no seu terreiro a cantar
All day long a song of lamentationO dia inteiro canto de lamentação
About the suffering he went through in the slave quartersDo sofrimento que passava na senzala
How the man worked during the time of slaveryComo trabalhava o nego no tempo da escravidão

Hey, man carrying a coffee basketOi, nego pego balaio de café
Hey, man takes his son and wifeOi, nego leva o filho e a mulher

Hey, man carrying a coffee basketOi, nego pego balaio de café
Hey, man takes his son and wifeOi, nego leva o filho e a mulher

Chico listened to the sound of his berimbauChico escutava no som do seu berimbau
Every cane that fell in the sugarcane fieldCada cana que caia dentro do canavial
Torn pants, suffering all day treated likeCalça rasgada sofrimento o dia inteiro tratado como
An animal inside the slave shipAnimal dentro do navio negreiro

Hey, man carrying a coffee basketOi, nego pego balaio de café
Hey, man takes his son and wifeOi, nego leva o filho e a mulher

Hey, man carrying a coffee basketOi, nego pego balaio de café
Hey, man takes his son and wifeOi, nego leva o filho e a mulher