Name: ro'-ro'
Duration: P00H05M25S
Description: This song comes from Tras-os-Montes, the most rural of the lusitanian countries. A rough and hard land, where lullabies warn against strange beings with a human body and a beast head.

ro'-ro'

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This song comes from Tras-os-Montes, the most rural of the lusitanian countries. A rough and hard land, where lullabies warn against strange beings with a human body and a beast head.

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RO'-RO'

Cum  roro’  pego  no  nino, 
cum  roro’  se  vai  dormindo, 
 
O’  roro’,  ò  roro’,  qu’agora  no. 
 
  Cum  roro’  pego  no  nino 
Cum  roro’  se  “drumira” 
 
O’  roro’,  ò  roro’,  qu’agora  no. 
 
  E  a manhana  vou  al  molino, 
Se  me  queres  algo  sal‐me  al  caminho. 
 
O’  roro’,  ò  roro’,  qu’agora  no. 
 
Vai‐te  dai,  cabeça  de  burro, 
Qu’el  pai  del  nino  e  observa  tudo. 
 
O’  roro’,  ò  roro’,  qu’agora  no. 
 
  Vai  dai,  cabeça  de  lhama, 
Qu’el  pai  del  nino  ya  asta  na  cama. 
 
O’  roro’,  ò  roro’,  qu’agora  no. 
 
  Anda  daì,  se  queres  benir, 
Garra  là  capa  e  bamos, 
Al  caminho,  e  diti sos 
La  capa  yé  de  nòs  ambos. 
 
O’  roro’,  ò  roro’,  qu’agora  no. 
  

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released August 17, 2015

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