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Artist: José Manuel Barreto
Canonical path: /jose-manuel-barreto/fado-portugues
Related lyric paths: 6
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Fado Português
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Fado Português
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O fado nasceu um dia
Quando o vento mal bulia
E o céu o mar prolongava
Na amurada dum veleiro
No peito dum marinheiro
Que, estando triste, cantava
Que, estando triste, cantava
Ai, que lindeza tamanha
Meu chão, meu monte, meu vale
De folhas, flores, frutos de oiro
Vê se vês terras de Espanha
Areias de Portugal
Olhar ceguinho de choro
Na boca dum marinheiro
Do frágil barco veleiro
Morrendo a canção magoada
Diz o pungir dos desejos
Do lábio a queimar de beijos
Que beija o ar, e mais nada
Que beija o ar, e mais nada
Mãe, adeus, adeus, Maria
Guarda bem no teu sentido
Que aqui te faço uma jura
Que ou te levo à sacristia
Ou foi Deus que foi servido
Dar-me no mar sepultura
Ora eis que embora outro dia
Quando o vento nem bulia
E o céu o mar prolongava
À proa de outro veleiro
Velava outro marinheiro
Que, estando triste, cantava
Que, estando triste, cantava
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José Manuel Barreto performs "Fado Português", and this lyric page sits inside the José Manuel Barreto catalog on LyroVerse.
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