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"Quarta-Feira"

Copyright 2013, Tano Music

Words & Music by Tom Sperrazzo

QUARTA-FEIRA de manha

Quaresma comeca

Os dias pra limpar.

 

Deus querendo nos chamar

Entao devemos preparar

Pra a Pascua a chegar

 

Recebemos cinzas

Fazemos oracao

Senhor convinte conversao!

 

QUARTA-FEIRA de manha

Precisamos celebrar

O que Deus tem pra nos dar

 

 

 

English Translation:

Wednesday morning

Lent begins

Days for cleaning.

​

God is wanting to call us

So we must prepare

For Easter to come.

​

We receive ashes,

We make prayers,

The Lord invites us to conversion.

​

Wednesday morning

We must celebrate

What God has to give us.

 

 

 

Song facts:

  • Written for 2013 February Album Writer's Month (FAWM) challenge

  • Carnival samba celebrating the coming of Ash Wednesday (quarta-feira in Portuguese)

  • My apologies for improper/incomprehensible Portuguese lyric in the original!

Original Recording

(with questionable Portuguese lyric

00:00 / 02:46

2026 Recording, via SUNO

With better lyric

00:00 / 02:42
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