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Milca Ti Lidia

Milca Ti Lidia fla
N'preferi ba guerra na Guiné
Do qui ba pa monda na Monte
Ta quêxa dor na curva
Milca Ti Lidia fla
N'preferi ba guerra na Guiné
Do qui ba pa monda na Monte
Ta quêxa dor na curva
Anda caminho longe
Inda por cima sucur
Enxada na catche
Nha pé dja bira bêdje
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Anda caminho longe
Inda por cima sucur
Enxada na catche
Nha pé dja bira bêdje
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada
Milca Ti Lídia fla
Manha hora qui galo canta
Di sémola so ka nhôs tchoman
Dixan durmi nha sono
Milca Ti Lídia fla
Manha hora qui galo canta
Di sémola so ka nhôs tchoman
Dixan durmi nha sono
Ta cai um brufinha Cambra t'avisa Port inter
Pa ba labanta parede
Pamo limarias di Morro
Cu Cadjeta ta tchiga Monte
Na madrugada.
Di tanto da topada
Na madrugada

Milca Ti Lidia

My dear Lidia
I'd rather go to war in Guinea
Than go to grind in Monte
My back aches
My dear Lidia
I'd rather go to war in Guinea
Than go to grind in Monte
My back aches
The road is long
And the sun is hot
The hoe is heavy
My feet are sore
From all the pounding
In the morning
From all the pounding
In the morning
The road is long
And the sun is hot
The hoe is heavy
My feet are sore
From all the pounding
In the morning
From all the pounding
In the morning
My dear Lidia
When the rooster crows
Only semolina will you eat
Let me sleep
My dear Lidia
When the rooster crows
Only semolina will you eat
Let me sleep
There's a drizzle coming
To build the walls
We'll go to the quarries
With Cadjeta we'll reach Monte
In the morning
From all the pounding
In the morning