Bailinho à portuguesa [English translation]

In a Portuguese bailinho

With the harmonium, the drum, the cymbals as well

You have to be sure, to shoes laced up

If the master directs a turn

All the group hop on one leg then turn

And without saying anything altogether

When on turns, the others turn.

Wheeling now

Each with his partner

Woe to those who go out the door

Woe to those who come to date

Each with his own

That nobody changes a step

Woe to those who look from the street

Who miss the beat here.

There is joy and respect

In this bailinho in our pilgrimages

Each breaks to face the other

Thinking of breaking away

Sometimes the master whistles

To draw the attention of the boys here

And there's a guy who yells:

Chico… Watch what your doing

Wheeling now

Each with his partner

Woe to those who go out the door

Woe to those who come to date

Each with his own

That nobody changes a step

Woe to those who look from the street

Who miss the beat here.