Paroles et traduction Raul Torres & Florêncio - Mula Báia

Mula Báia

Fazenda Belo Horizonte, uma tropa ali chegou
Que vinha do Indaiá, ali a tropa posou
Nego Plácido viu a tropa, da mula báia gostou
Criola de João Jungueira, fecho negócio e comprou

E foi nessa hora mesmo Nego Plácido falou
Pregue o selo no recibo, o dinheiro ele puxou
Botou a besta no pasto, ele mesmo que amansou
E no fim de quinze dia' na cidade ele passeou

Levou a besta na cidade, foi ferrar lá no ferreiro
Lá na cidade de Franca o povo ficou banzeiro
De ver a marcha da besta, pisando muito ligeiro
Batia a ferrage' nas pedra', parecia fogo de isqueiro

No lugar que ele passava causava admiração
Nego Plácido montado parecia o Napoleão
No pescoço um lenço branco, bombacha de gorgorão
Era de marcha troteada, ferradura de rampão

Lá na cidade de Franca ele é um grande fazendeiro
Tem fazenda com invernada, ele é um grande boiadeiro
No estado de Goiás, no Triângulo Mineiro
Pra comprar três mil cabeça' ele tem muito dinheiro

Na barranca do Rio Grande uma boiada chegou
Tinha quase mil cabeça, Nego Plácido comprou
No fazer a travessia, a correnteza levou
No meio daquele rio a boiada esparramou

O Nego vendo o perigo com a mula baia gritou
Atirou a báia na água e o laço na mão levou
Mesmo no meio do rio, muitos boi' ele laçou
No lombo da mula báia sua boiada ele sarvou'

Bay Mule

Belo Horizonte Farm, a troop arrived there
That came from Indaiá, there the troop settled
Black Plácido saw the troop, he liked the bay mule
João Jungueira's Creole, I closed the deal and bought it

And it was at that very moment that Black Plácido said
Put the seal on the receipt, he pulled out the money
He put the animal in the pasture, he himself tamed it
And at the end of fifteen days, he went for a walk in the city

He took the beast to the city, went to shoe it at the blacksmith
There in the city of Franca the people were amazed
To see the beast's gait, stepping very quickly
The shoe was beating on the stones, it looked like a lighter fire

Wherever he went, he caused admiration
Black Plácido mounted looked like Napoleon
A white scarf around his neck, bombacha made of grosgrain
It was a trotting gait, a ramp shoe

There in the city of Franca he is a great farmer
He has a farm with wintering, he is a great rancher
In the state of Goiás, in the Triângulo Mineiro
To buy three thousand head, he has a lot of money

On the banks of the Rio Grande a herd of cattle arrived
There were almost a thousand head, Black Plácido bought them
In making the crossing, the current took them away
In the middle of that river the herd scattered

The Black man, seeing the danger, shouted with the bay mule
He threw the bay into the water and took the rope in his hand
Even in the middle of the river, he lassoed many oxen
On the back of the bay mule he saved his herd'