Baile da Mariquinha
Às vezes vou me lembrando
Do baile da mariquinha
Do xote velho largado
E da rancheira que vinha
Do café de chaleira
Que a comadre me servia
Farofa e feijão mexido
Com uma quarta de farinha
A melhor coisa do mundo era
O Baile da Mariquinha
Chegava os fins de semana
Sábado de manhãzinha
Dava, dava, dava, dava aquele reboliço
Mexerico de vizinha
E as véias batiam guizo
Prás meninas na cozinha
Ai vai botá um vestido novo, Juracema
Presente da tua madrinha
Todo mundo se aprumava
Pro Baile da Mariquinha
E os convidados do baile
Que baile tchê
Do baile da mariquinha
Uns à pé e de à cavalo
Outros de carreta vinha
E começava a dançar
Gente grande pequenina
Ferravam na meia canha
Com trovas e ladainhas
Muito casamento deu
No baile da Mariquinha
E a segurança do baile
Era de primeira linha
Tinha tinha tinha tinha o zapa no comando
E lá na copa o bijuquinha
E se estourasse a peleia
O tio zapa atendia tirava a indiada lá prá fora
E no tapa resolvia
A alegria continuava
No baile da Mariquinha
Mariquinha's Dance
Sometimes I remember
Mariquinha's dance
The old xote left behind
And the rancheira that came
The kettle coffee
That the godmother served me
Farofa and mixed beans
With a quarter of flour
The best thing in the world was
Mariquinha's Dance
The weekends arrived
Saturday morning
There was, there was, there was, there was that commotion
Neighbor's gossip
And the old ladies rattled the bell
For the girls in the kitchen
Go put on a new dress, Juracema
Gift from your godmother
Everyone got ready
For Mariquinha's Dance
And the guests of the dance
What a dance, hey
From Mariquinha's dance
Some on foot and on horseback
Others came by cart
And they started to dance
Big and small people
They danced to the half canha
With verses and litanies
Many marriages happened
At Mariquinha's Dance
And the security of the dance
Was top-notch
There was, there was, there was, there was Zapa in charge
And over there in the kitchen, Bijuquinha
And if a fight broke out
Uncle Zapa would attend, take the troublemakers outside
And solve it with a slap
The joy continued
At Mariquinha's Dance