- Tiro ao Álvaro
"Tiro ao Álvaro" is a
samba song composed in1960 byItalian-Brazilian composer and singerAdoniran Barbosa (real name João Rubinato). In his style of the "paulista" samba, it has humorouslyrics written in poorPortuguese language of theSão Paulo city's poor suburbs with Italianimmigrant s.Lyrics
Original De tanto levar frechada do teu olhar
Meu peito até parece sabe o quê?
Táuba de tiro ao álvaro
Não tem mais onde furar
Táuba de tiro ao álvaro
Não tem mais onde furarTeu olhar mata mais
Do que bala de carabina
Que veneno estriquinina
que peixeira de baiano
Teu olhar mata mais
Do que atropelamento de automóvel
Mata mais que bala de revólverFree translation After so many arrow shots from you eyes
My breast looks like you know what?
A target's practice board
Which can take no more holes
A target's practice board
Which can take no more holesYour looks kill more
Than a carbine's bullet
More than strychnine poison
More than a "Baiano"' s knife
Your looks kill more
Than an automobile running over me
Kills more than the bullet of a gunNote: The Portuguese lyrics contain many dialetal features that would be considered serious errors according to the official language norm. Unfortunately these features are lost in the English translation.
ee also
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Trem das Onze
*Samba Italiano
*Samba do Arnesto
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