If you'll remember last year's posting about Pączkis... well, today being Fat Tuesday, Glenn did it again. I had a dozen of these things sitting in my cube at about 9:00 am, and it's now about 3:00 pm and there are three and half left (yeah, a half...). I only had one today, so I am already ahead of the game from last year.
Happy Mardi Gras, whether you're partying in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Venice, or anywhere else in the world.
On the next page, we have the lyrics for Tribalistas' "Carnavalia." I thought I posted the lyrics here before, but I guess I didn't. Anyway, today it's an appropriate song, since it's about (oddly enough) Carnaval.
Carnavalia
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(Antunes/Brown/Monte)
Vem pra minha ala
Que hoje a nossa escola vai desfilar
Vem fazer história
Que hoje é dia de glória nesse lugar
Vem comemorar
Escandalizar ninguém
Vem me namorar
Vou te namorar também
Vamos pra avenida
Desfilar a vida
Carnavalizar
A Portela tem Mocidade
Imperatriz
No Império tem
Uma Vila tão feliz
Beija-Flor vem ver
A porta-bandeira
Na Mangueira tem morena da Tradição
Sinto a batucada se aproximar
Estou ensaiado para te tocar
Repique tocou
O surdo escutou
E o meu corasamborim
(Samborim)
Cuíca gemeu
Será que era eu
Quando ela passou por mim
Lá lá lá lá lá lá lá lá lá lá
Me diga, aonde?
(English translation:)
Fall into my row
Because today our Samba School
Will Parade
Come make history
Because today is a day of glory
Around here
Come celebrate
Scandalize no one
Come love me
I will love you too
Come down to the avenue
Put life on parade
Carnivalize
Portela has got Mocidade
Imperatriz
Imperio holds
A very happy Vila
Beija-flor come see me
The standard bearer
Mangueira has got a member
from Tradicao
I feel the drumbeat approaching
I am rehearsing to play for you
The repique played
The surdo heard it
And my heart sambatambourined
The cuica moaned
Could it have been me
When she passed me by
La, la, la...
Where?
la, la, la...
Tell me, where?
