Batida De Trem Lyrics in English Elba Ramalho

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Batida De Trem by Elba Ramalho from Portuguese to English.
Cantando esse baião
Singing this baião
Aperriado com a sorte
Troubled by luck
Felicidade não vem
Happiness doesn't come
É uma cantiga de cego
It's a blind man's song
É uma sanfona tocando
It's an accordion playing
Parece batida de trem
It sounds like a train beat
Sou cantador da alegria
I am a singer of joy
Me chamam de andorinha
They call me a swallow
Nas festas lá do sertão
At the parties in the sertão
Estrela da primavera
Star of spring
Pra onde for vou com ela
Wherever it goes, I go with it
Pra esquecer da solidão
To forget loneliness
Pra entrar nesse forró
To enter this forró
Vem meu amor
Come, my love
Do seu nego tenha dó
Have pity on your man
Vem meu amor
Come, my love
Ponha a mão no coração
Put your hand on your heart
Vem meu amor
Come, my love
Pra meu bem não ficar só
So my darling doesn't stay alone
Vem meu amor
Come, my love
Pra entrar nesse forró
To enter this forró
Vem meu amor
Come, my love
Do seu nego tenha dó
Have pity on your man
Vem meu amor
Come, my love
Ponha a mão no coração
Put your hand on your heart
Vem meu amor
Come, my love
Pra meu bem não ficar só
So my darling doesn't stay alone
Vem meu amor
Come, my love
Toque sanfoneiro
Play, accordion player
Um forró bem animado
A very lively forró
Com cadência de xaxado
With the rhythm of xaxado
Da poeira levantar
So the dust rises
Toque sanfoneiro
Play, accordion player
As mulheres estão visando
The women are watching
O fole frouxo tocando
The loose bellows playing
Castigando a nota lá
Punishing the note there
Toque sanfoneiro
Play, accordion player
Mostre que é velho macho
Show you're an old tough guy
Capricho nos oito baixos
Play the eight bass notes with skill
Até o dia clarear
Until the day breaks
Toque sanfoneiro
Play, accordion player
Toque porque
Play because
A gente quer se esbaldar
We want to have a blast
Toque sanfoneiro
Play, accordion player
Toque porque
Play because
A gente quer dançar
We want to dance
Dedo no couro é pandeirada
Finger on the leather is a tambourine beat
Mão na zabumba é zabumbada
Hand on the zabumba is a zabumba beat
E no triângulo é trianglada
And on the triangle is a triangle beat
Dedo no fole é forrozada
Finger on the bellows is a forró beat
Dedo no couro é pandeirada
Finger on the leather is a tambourine beat
Mão na zabumba é zabumbada
Hand on the zabumba is a zabumba beat
E no triângulo é trianglada
And on the triangle is a triangle beat
Dedo no fole é forrozada
Finger on the bellows is a forró beat
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se esbaldar — to have a blast / to revel

Se esbaldar is a wonderfully expressive and somewhat informal verb that means "to have a blast," "to revel," or "to indulge oneself completely in fun." It's not an everyday word you'd find in every song, making it quite unique and memorable.

In the context of "Batida De Trem," the lyrics say, "A gente quer se esbaldar, a gente quer dançar" (We want to have a blast, we want to dance). It perfectly captures the joyous, uninhibited spirit of a lively forró party in the Brazilian sertão, inviting listeners to let loose and fully enjoy the music and dancing.

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