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Artist: Chico Buarque
Canonical path: /chico-buarque/rio-42
Related lyric paths: 6
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Rio 42
Read Rio 42 lyrics by Chico Buarque on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Rio 42
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Se a guerra for declarada
Em pleno domingo de carnaval
Verás que um filho não foge à luta
Brasil, recruta
O teu pessoal
Se a terra anda ameaçada
De se acabar numa explosão de sal
Se aliste, meu camarada
A gente vai salvar o nosso carnaval
Vai ter batalha de bombardino
A colombina na Cruz Vermelha
Vai ter centelha na batucada
Rajada de tamborim
A melindrosa mandando bala
O mestre-sala curvando a Europa
A tropa do general da banda
Dançando o samba em Berlim
Se a guerra for declarada
A rapaziada ganha na moral
Se aliste, meu camarada
A gente vai salvar nosso carnaval
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Chico Buarque performs "Rio 42", and this lyric page sits inside the Chico Buarque catalog on LyroVerse.
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