Canoeiro
Domingo de tardezinha, eu estava mesmo à toa
Convidei meu companheiro, pra ir pescar na lagoa
Levemos a rede de lanço
Ai, ai fomos pescá de canoa
Eu levei meus apreparos pra dar uma pescada boa
Eu saí logo sereno, remando minha canoa
Cada remada que eu dava
Ai, ai dava um balanço na proa
Fui descendo rio abaixo, remando minha canoa
A canoa foi rasgando foi deitando as taboa
A garça avistei de longe
Ai, ai chega perto ela avoa
O rio tava enchendo muito, fui encostando a canoa
Eu entrei numa vazante fui saí noutra lagoa
Fui mexendo aquele lodo
Ai, ai onde que os pintado amoa
Pra pegá peixe dos bão, dá trabaio a gente soa
Eu jogo timbó na água, que a peixaria atordoa
Jogo a rede e dou um grito
Ai, ai os dourado amontoa
Canoeist
Sunday afternoon, I was really out of it
I invited my partner to go fishing in the lake
Let's take the cast net
Oh, then we went canoe fishing
I took my gear to catch a good fish
I soon left calmly, paddling my canoe
Every stroke I took
Oh, there was a swing on the bow
I went down the river, paddling my canoe
The canoe was tearing up and laying down the cattails
I saw the heron from afar
Oh, come closer, she flies
The river was getting very high, I pulled the canoe over
I went into a low tide and came out into another lake
I was stirring that mud
Oh, oh where the one painted loves them
To catch big fish, it takes a lot of work for us to sound
I throw timbó in the water, the fishmonger stuns
I throw the net and scream
Oh, oh, the gold piles up