Namoro de corvo
Num cerrito descarnado
Peral de pedra e de tuna
Clareado de blanca luna
A moldura rendondada
No arrancar da madrugada
Se enchergava uma figura
Lá no topo das alturas
Negra estampa apaixonada
O verde pasto da pampa
Pelo sereno molhado
E o casal apaixonado
Nas noites de primavera
Estar assim quem me dera
Cobiça e de relancina
Pensando na triste sina
Do meu coração tapera
Bombeava bombeava o corvo pra corva
E ela com ar de morrona
Retinta como a cambona
Floreava o bico nas pena
E o corvo véio torena
Vaqueano e coperativa
Largou uma asa por riba
Abraçando a linda morena
Lembrei de voltas passadas
De um pala preto que tinha
E o galopito que vinha
Em direção ao povoado
E sempre o mesmo bragado
Pingo de rédea a de pata
Lembrei também da mulata
Por quem tive enfeitiçado
Assim se deu o romance
Pra quem se lembra o espanto
E juro por qualquer santo
Inté por Nossa Senhora
Que descobri nessa hora
A força bruta do amor
E lhe digo sim senhor
Que corvo também namora
(Bombeava bombeava o corvo pra corva)
(E ela com o ar de morrona retinta como a Cambona floreava o bico nas pena)
(Bombeava bombeava o corvo pra corva)
(E ela com o ar de morrona retinta como a Cambona floreava o bico nas pena)
E o corvo veio torena
Vaqueano e coperativa
Largou uma asa por riba
Abraçando a linda morena
Crow's Romance
On a bare little hill
Pearl of stone and cactus
Brightened by the white moon
In a rounded frame
At the break of dawn
A figure could be seen
Up at the heights
A dark, passionate silhouette
The green grass of the plains
With the wet morning dew
And the loving couple
On spring nights
I wish I could be like that
Desiring and longing
Thinking of the sad fate
Of my heart's ruin
The crow was calling, calling for his mate
And she with a sultry look
Dark as a raven
Flourished her beak in the feathers
And the old crow was strutting
A cowboy and a charmer
Spread one wing above
Embracing the lovely brunette
I remembered past times
Of a black horse I had
And the little gallop that came
Towards the town
And always the same saddle
A drop of reins on the leg
I also remembered the mulatto
Who had me enchanted
That's how the romance unfolded
For those who remember the shock
And I swear by any saint
Even by Our Lady
That I discovered at that moment
The raw power of love
And I tell you, yes sir
That even crows fall in love
(The crow was calling, calling for his mate)
(And she with a sultry look, dark as a raven, flourished her beak in the feathers)
(The crow was calling, calling for his mate)
(And she with a sultry look, dark as a raven, flourished her beak in the feathers)
And the crow came strutting
A cowboy and a charmer
Spread one wing above
Embracing the lovely brunette