"Samba do Arnesto" ( English: ''Arnesto's

samba Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...

'') is a classical

song composed in 1953 by

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composer and singer

Adoniran Barbosa Adoniran Barbosa, artistic name of João Rubinato (6 August 1910 – 23 November 1982), was a noted Brazilian São Paulo style samba singer and composer. Biography Early years João Rubinato was the seventh child of Francesco (Fernando) Rubina ...

. In his style of the "paulista" samba, it has humorous

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written in poor

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of the

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city's poor suburbs with Italian immigrants. As is typical of many of his compositions, the last four lines are spoken instead of sung.

Lyrics

Original O ''Arnesto'' nos ''convidô'' ''prum'' samba, ele mora no Brás
''Nóis'' ''fumos'' e não ''encontremos'' ninguém
''Nóis'' ''vortemos'' ''cuma'' baita duma ''réiva''
Da outra ''veiz'' ''nóis num vai'' mais
''Nóis'' não ''semos'' tatu!
Outro dia ''encontremo'' com o Arnesto
Que ''pidiu descurpa mais nóis'' não ''aceitemos''
Isso não se faz, Arnesto, ''nóis'' não se importa
Mais você devia ter ''ponhado'' um recado na porta
''Ansim'': "''ói'', turma, num deu pra ''esperá''
A vez que isso ''num'' tem importância, num faz ''má''
Depois que ''nóis'' vai, depois que ''nóis vorta''
Assinado em cruz porque não sei escrever. ''Arnesto''" Free translation Ernest has invited us for a samba, he lives in

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We went there and didn't find no one
We came back in a big rage
Next time, we won't go again
We are no racoon
The other day we found Ernest
Who asked for pardon but we didn't accept
You can't do this to us, Ernest, we don't care much,
But you should have put a message on the door
Like this: "See, gang, I couldn't wait for you
But since this is not important, no ill taken
After we go, after we come
Signed with a cross, because I can't write. Ernest The Portuguese lyrics above include grammatical and pronunciation features of the local speech (in ''italic'') that violate official language norm. Those details are unfortunately lost in the English translation.

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MP3 Recording of Samba do Arnesto
Terra Music. Brazilian songs Songs about Brazil Songs in Portuguese Samba songs 1953 songs Songs written by Adoniran Barbosa {{Brazil-music-stub

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