Trem das Onze

Trem das Onze

"Trem das Onze" (English: "The 11 P.M. train") is a famous classical samba composition by Brazilian singer Adoniran Barbosa (1912-1982), released in 1964 and made famous that same year by the samba group Demônios da Garoa. It is widely considered one of the best Brazilian popular songs ever.

With a delightful rhythm and melody, very easy to learn (thus an all-time favorite of Brazilians), Barbosa portrays in funny lyrics the drama of a lover who lives in a distant and poor suburb of São Paulo called Jaçanã, and who cannot stay longer with his beloved because the last train will be departing soon and his mother cannot sleep until he gets home.

The song is a good example of both the classic "paulista" samba (a special style, composed in São Paulo) and the use of a composition structure known as "samba de breque" (break), where the melodic flow stops suddenly, very much like opening parentheses.

Lyrics

Original

Não posso ficar
Nem mais um minuto com você
Sinto muito, amor
Mas não pode ser

Moro em Jaçanã
Se eu perder esse trem
Que sai agora, às 11 horas
Só amanhã de manhã

E além disso mulher
Tem outras coisas
Minha mãe não dorme
Enquanto eu não chegar
Sou filho único
Tenho minha casa p'ra olhar

Free translation

I can't stay
Not even another minute with you
I'm sorry, babe
But I have to go

I live in Jaçanã
If I don't get this train
That leaves now at 11 PM
Only tomorrow morning

And besides that, woman
There are other things
My mother can't sleep
Until I get home
I'm an only child
I have my house to look after

ee also

* Samba Italiano
* Tiro ao Álvaro
* Samba do Arnesto

External links

* [http://radio.terra.com.br/includes/internas_albuns/0/914.html MP3 Recording of Trem das Onze] . Terra Music.


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