Текст и перевод песни Carlos Gonzaga - Cavaleiros do Céu (Riders In The Skay)

Cavaleiros do Céu (Riders In The Skay)

Vaqueiro do Arizona, desordeiro e beberrão
Corria em seu cavalo pela noite no sertão
No céu, porém, a noite ficou rubra num clarão
E viu passar num fogaréu um rebanho no céu
Y-pi-a-ê, y-pi-a-ô, correndo pelo céu

A rubras ferraduras punham brasas pelo ar
E os touros como fogo galopavam sem cessar
E atrás vinham vaqueiros como loucos a gritar
Vermelhos a queimar também, galopando para o além
Y-pi-a-ê, y-pi-a-ô, seguindo para o além

Centelhas nos seus olhos e o suor a escorrer
Sentindo o desespero da boiada se perder
Chorando a maldição de condenados a viver
A perseguir, correndo ao léu, um rebanho no céu
Y-pi-a-ê, y-pi-a-ô, correndo pelo céu

Um dos vaqueiros, ao passar, gritou dizendo assim:
"Cuidado, companheiro, ou tu virás prá onde eu vim
Se não mudas de vida tu terás o mesmo fim
Querer pegar no fogaréu um rebanho no céu"
Y-pi-a-ê, y-pi-a-ô, correndo pelo céu

Riders In The Sky (Riders In The Skay)

Arizona wrangler, a helluva drinker and a rover
Rode his horse through the night with nary some cover
But up in the sky, the night grew red with a fiery glow
And he saw a herd of cattle in the starlight's flow
Yippi-i-ay, yippi-i-o, a-ridin' through the sky

The fiery hooves o' the cattle were a-poundin' the air
And their horns was a-blazin' like forked lightnin' everywhere
And behind the herd there was a bunch o' riders on their steeds
And they rode along singin' like banshees from hell's deep seeds
Yippi-i-ay, yippi-i-o, a-ridin' through the sky

Their spurs was a-jinglin' and their eyes was a-blazin' bright
As they chased that herd o' longhorns through the star-lit night
And they sang their mournful song of the 'Haunted Herd's' plight
As they chased 'em through the starlight all the livelong night
Yippi-i-ay, yippi-i-o, a-ridin' through the sky

Then one of the riders singled out my friend as he passed by
"Oh, saddle up, good cowboy, and make yourself a home in the sky
'Cause if you ain't acquainted with the ways of the 'Haunted Herd'
You'll join 'em in their misery and ride 'em through the dark 'til you're dead"
Yippi-i-ay, yippi-i-o, a-ridin' through the sky