Capoeira Song of the Week: Folha Seca

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The lyrics in Portuguese are in bold

The phonetic spelling for pronunciation is in italics with the STRESSED SYLLABLES IN ALL CAPITALS with syllables se-pa-ra-ted by dash-es

The English translation is in regular text

This week, per Reparado's request...

Folha Seca 

Mas eu pisei na folha seca

Mayez ehoo peeh-ZEY nah FOH-lya SEH-kah

But I stepped on the dry leaf

Eu ouví fazer xuê xuâ

Ehoo oh-VEEH fah-ZERH shooh-WEH shooh-WAH

I heard it make (the sound) xuê xuâ / And it went xuê xuâ

Xuê xuê xuê xuâ

shooh-WEH shooh-WEH shooh-WEH shooh-WAH

Xuê xuê xuê xuâ

(Coro/Chorus)

Eu ouví fazer xuê xuâ

Ehoo oh-VEEH fah-ZERH shooh-WEH shooh-WAH

I heard it make (the sound) xuê xuâ / And it went xuê xuâ

Xuê xuê xuê xuâ

shooh-WEH shooh-WEH shooh-WEH shooh-WAH

Xuê xuê xuê xuâ

(Coro/Chorus)

Eu ouví fazer xuê xuâ

Ehoo oh-VEEH fah-ZERH shooh-WEH shooh-WAH

I heard it make (the sound) xuê xuâ / And it went xuê xuâ