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"Grândola Vila Morena" is a Portuguese song by Zeca Afonso, that tells of the fraternity among the people of Grândola, a town in the Alentejo. Salazar's Estado Novo regime considered the song to be associated with Communism, and as a result it was banned from being played or broadcast. On April 25, 1974, at 12:15AM the song was broadcast on Portuguese radio as a signal to start the revolution that overthrew the regime; it thus became commonly associated with the Carnation Revolution and the beginning of democratic rule in Portugal.
[edit] Lyrics
- Grândola, vila morena
- Terra da fraternidade
- O povo é quem mais ordena
- Dentro de ti, ó cidade
- Dentro de ti, ó cidade
- O povo é quem mais ordena
- Terra da fraternidade
- Grândola, vila morena
- Em cada esquina um amigo
- Em cada rosto igualdade
- Grândola, vila morena
- Terra da fraternidade
- Terra da fraternidade
- Grândola, vila morena
- Em cada rosto igualdade
- O povo é quem mais ordena
- À sombra duma azinheira
- Que já não sabia a idade
- Jurei ter por companheira
- Grândola a tua vontade
- Grândola a tua vontade
- Jurei ter por companheira
- À sombra duma azinheira
- Que já não sabia a idade
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- Grândola, swarthy town*
- Land of brotherhood
- 'Tis the people who command the most
- Inside of you, o city
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- Inside of you, o city
- 'Tis the people who command the most
- Land of brotherhood
- Grândola, swarthy town
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- On every corner, a friend
- In every face, equality
- Grândola, swarthy town
- Land of brotherhood
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- Land of brotherhood
- Grândola, swarthy town
- In every face, equality
- 'Tis the people who command the most
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- In the shadow of an holm oak
- That none now know its age
- I swore to have as my companion
- Grândola, if it's your will
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- Grândola, if it's your will
- I swore to have as my companion
- In the shadow of an holm oak
- That none now know its age
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* Sometimes translated as "tanned village" or "brown village".
The highly disciplined verse form is notable. Each quatrain is followed by a quatrain that repeats the identical lines in reverse order.
