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Artist: Toquinho
Canonical path: /toquinho/descobrimento
Related lyric paths: 6
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Descobrimento
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Descobrimento
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Caravelas no mar à todo pano
Terra à vista, a tripulação se assanha
Cachoeiras jorrando da montanha
Quanta cor, quanta luz, quanto bichano
Onça, paca, tatu, guará, tucano
Cobra, mico, jacu, arara, aranha
Peixe-boi, capivara e ariranha
Que surpresa pro povo lusitano!
Já valeu tanto tempo no oceano
Pra pisar essa terra que ele banha
Que riqueza a madeira dessa mata
Pau-brasil, jatobá e gameleira
Quanto ouro rolando a ribanceira
Na pedreira, granito, ferro e prata
Esmeraldas brotando em cada reta
Diamantes descendo em corredeira
A borracha a escorrer da seringueira
Índia nua nas águas da cascata
É tesouro pra encher muita fragata
Na fartura da terra brasileira
E Cabral se lembrando da terrinha
Dos banqueiros, nobreza, rei e escudo
Enviou pra Lisboa o conteúdo
Da poética carta de Caminha
Sua Alteza gostou da ladainha
Que o dinheiro investido foi graúdo
E é fortuna demais pra botocudo
A riqueza que a nova terra tinha
Nem com quinhentos anos, ó Rainha
Vai dar tempo da gente levar tudo
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