Toda Menina Baiana [English translation]

Every girl from Bahia has

A saint that God gives

Every girl from Bahia has

Enchantments that God gives

Every girl from Bahia has

A certain way that God gives

Every girl from Bahia has

Defects also that God gives

That God gave, that God gives

That God intended to give

The primacy

For good, for bad

First hand in Bahia

First mass

Also the first Indian murdered

That God gave

That God intended to give

All the magic

For good, for bad

First ground of Bahia

First carnival

Also the first pillory

That God gave

A, a, a, that God gave