Hey Boi!
About the song
Wikipedia says "Boi" is "a style of Central Amazonian folk music now moving into the mainstream in Brazil."
This kind of song is sung in the Bumba-Meu-Boi festival, typically in the cities of São Luís in the state of Maranhão on the Northeast coast of Brazil. Wikipedia describes Bumba-Meu-Boi as "a popular dance in Northeast Brazil. It tells the story of the death and resurrection of an ox.
There isn't a lot more on the Internet, but here is one detailed (Whoops! it's no longer there - anyone know if it's still available?description of the Bumba-Meu-Boi festival and another with more pictures of the Bumba-Meu-Boi festival (both sites in Portuguese).
Sounds
| Original version from Angela's CD | |
| Our practice version - 2 different rhythms |
Words
| Solo: | 'eu vi uma onça ge-mer, na mata do arvoredo |
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Everyone: |
'eu vi uma onça ge-mer, na mata do arvoredo |
| Solo: |
O lere, sao joao, me valha sao pedro, de onça eu tenho medo'Everyone:
O lere, sao joao, me valha sao pedro, de onça eu tenho medo'
Translation (approximate)
I saw a wild cat/puma/jaguar growling in the forest
Oh! lere Saint John, come to me Saint Peter, the wild cat/puma/jaguar frightens me!
Wikipedia suggests that onça is a jaguar ((Brazilian Portuguese: onça pintada)