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Fica na boca do rio (Ai meu Deus) Tu ta correndo périgo Fica na boca do rio Tu ta correndo périgo Malandro do papo branco Jácare e crocodilo Issó tu que e camarada Ossó duro de roer Menino toma cuidado Olhá la jácare quer te morder Rastejándo que nem cobra Sem mexer no matagal Saiu da boca do rio Oi ai jácare do pantanal Assim diz o ditado Vou dizer dessa maneira Alem de era menino (??) Malandro marcou bobeira (??) Jácare comeu demais Foi dormir na capoeira Foi ai que um dia eu vi Malandro jácare virar carteira Eu vi, eu vi Jácare virou saco de bobeira (??) Coro: Eu vi, eu vi Vendendo couro de jácare na féira Coro: Eu vi, eu vi Jácare vacilou na capoeira Coro: Eu vi, eu vi O dia que jácare virou carteira Coro: Eu vi, eu vi Cochilou tomou rasteira Coro: Eu vi, eu vi...
Stay at the mouth of the river (Oh my God) You are running in danger Stay at the mouth of the river You are running in danger Trickster with the white bib Alligator and crocodile That is you, my friend Hard bone to chew Boy, be careful Look over there, the alligator wants to bite you Crawling like a snake Without rustling the bushes He came out of the mouth of the river Oh, alligator from the pantanal So says the saying I will say it this way Besides being a boy (??) Trickster slipped up (??) Alligator ate too much Went to sleep in the capoeira That was when one day I saw Trickster alligator turn into a wallet I saw, I saw Alligator turned into a bag of foolishness (??) Chorus: I saw, I saw Selling alligator leather at the market Chorus: I saw, I saw Alligator slipped up in the capoeira Chorus: I saw, I saw The day the alligator turned into a wallet Chorus: I saw, I saw Dozed off, took a rasteira Chorus: I saw, I saw...