Carmen Miranda
Tico-Tico No Fubá lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 2:37
O Tico-Tico tá
The Tico-Tico's here
Tá outra vez aqui
It's here again
O Tico-Tico tá comendo meu fubá
The Tico-Tico's eating my cornmeal
O Tico-Tico tem, tem que se alimentar
The Tico-Tico has to, has to feed itself
Que vá comer umas minhocas no pomar
Go eat some worms in the orchard
Tico-Tico
Tico-Tico
O Tico-Tico tá
The Tico-Tico's here
Tá outra vez aqui
It's here again
O Tico-Tico tá comendo meu fubá
The Tico-Tico's eating my cornmeal
O Tico-Tico tem, tem que se alimentar
The Tico-Tico has to, has to feed itself
Que vá comer umas minhocas no pomar
Let him eat some worms in the orchard
Mas por favor, tire esse bicho do seleiro
But please, take that critter out of the shed
Porque ele acaba comendo o fubá inteiro
Because he ends up devouring all the corn flour
E nesse tico de cá, em cima do meu fubá
And in this little spot here, on top of my corn flour
Tem tanta coisa que ele pode pinicar
There are so many things he could peck at
Eu ja fiz tudo para ver se conseguia
I've done everything to see if I could
Botei alpiste para ver se ele comia
I put out canary seed to see if he'd eat it
Botei um galo, um espantalho e alçapão
I set a rooster, a scarecrow, and a trap
Mas ele acha que fubá é que é boa alimentação
But he thinks corn flour is the best diet
O Tico-Tico tá
The little finch is
Tá outra vez aqui
It's here again
O Tico-Tico tá comendo meu fubá
The Tico-Tico's eating my cornmeal
O Tico-Tico tem, tem que se alimentar
The Tico-Tico, it needs to feed
Que va comer é mais minhoca e nao fubá
What it's gonna eat is more worms, not cornmeal
Tico-Tico
Tico-Tico
O Tico-Tico tá
The Tico-Tico's here
Tá outra vez aqui
It's here again
O Tico-Tico tá comendo meu fubá
The Tico-Tico's eating my cornmeal
O Tico-Tico tem, tem que se alimentar
The Tico-Tico, it needs to feed
Que va comer é mais minhoca e nao fubá
What it's gonna eat is more worms, not cornmeal
Key vocabulary
- minhocas
- wormsA2
- outra
- otherA2
- tico-tico
- sparrow
- vez
- turnB1
- seleiro
- saddler
- acaba
- end
- inteiro
- wholeA2
- tico
- sparrow
- cá
- hereA2
- cima
- topA2
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About this song
Carmen Miranda was a Brazilian singer and actress who became an international star, first rising through radio, film, and stage in Brazil before moving to Hollywood. She is best known for her distinctive fruit-basket headdresses and for popularizing Brazilian and Latin American music through her film and television performances.