Alceu Valenca was born in countryside Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance between traditional northeastern Brazilian music and a broad range of electronic sounds and effects from pop music. One can find traces of maracatu, coco and "repentes de viola" (improvising fast-paced Brazilian folk music) in most of his songs. Alceu was able to utilize the electric guitar the electric bass, and lately even a synthesizer was added to his broad scope of musical instruments.
Because of that, Alceu was able to recreate Northeastern traditional music, like baiao, coco, toada, maracatu, frevo, caboclinhos, embolada and repentes: all sung with a sometimes rock sometimes alternative sounding music background. His music and his themes are intangible, universal and unlimited. However, his aesthetic basis is genuinely Brazilian Northeastern music.
Filhos Da Fonte
Alceu Valença Lyrics
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Dança guerreiro
Uirapuru
Caboclinho flexa e tambor
Dança guerreiro bate agogô
Caboclinho tu vens de onde
Zumbi dos Coelhos filhos da fome
Dança guerreiro bate agogô
Caboclinho Caramuru
Dança guerreiro
Uirapuru
Caboclinho flexa e tambor
Dança guerreiro bate agogô
Caboclinho tu vens de onde
Zumbi dos Coelhos filhos da fome
Caboclinho flexa e tambor
Dança guerreiro bate agogô
The lyrics of Alceu Valença's "Filhos Da Fonte" contain a reference to Brazilian indigenous culture, specifically the caboclinho, which is a traditional dance performed by indigenous and Afro-Brazilian communities in the northeast region of Brazil. The lyrics describe the dance and the instruments used in it, like the flexa (bow) and tambor (drum), and also incorporate the names of other indigenous birds such as the Uirapuru. The repetition of the verse "Caboclinho flexa e tambor, dança guerreiro bate agogô" emphasizes the importance of the instruments and the dance in the caboclinho tradition.
The lyrics also make a reference to Zumbi dos Coelhos, who was a historical figure in Brazil's history of slavery. Coelhos was a region in Brazil where enslaved Africans and their descendants lived, and Zumbi was a leader of the resistance against the Portuguese colonizers. The phrase "filhos da fome" (sons of hunger) highlights the oppression and exploitation that these communities endured.
Line by Line Meaning
Caboclinho Caramuru
Oh Caboclinho Caramuru,
Dança guerreiro
Dance like a warrior,
Uirapuru
Chirping Uirapuru,
Caboclinho flexa e tambor
Caboclinho with bow and drum,
Dança guerreiro bate agogô
Warrior dance, beating agogô drum.
Caboclinho tu vens de onde
Caboclinho, where did you come from?
Zumbi dos Coelhos filhos da fome
Zumbi dos Coelhos, son of hunger,
Caboclinho flexa e tambor
Caboclinho with bow and drum,
Dança guerreiro bate agogô
Warrior dance, beating agogô drum.
Caboclinho Caramuru
Oh Caboclinho Caramuru,
Dança guerreiro
Dance like a warrior,
Uirapuru
Chirping Uirapuru,
Caboclinho flexa e tambor
Caboclinho with bow and drum,
Dança guerreiro bate agogô
Warrior dance, beating agogô drum.
Caboclinho tu vens de onde
Caboclinho, where did you come from?
Zumbi dos Coelhos filhos da fome
Zumbi dos Coelhos, son of hunger,
Caboclinho flexa e tambor
Caboclinho with bow and drum,
Dança guerreiro bate agogô
Warrior dance, beating agogô drum.
Contributed by Thomas I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Marcelo Felix Pereira
Esta música marcou a minha infância nos idos anos 80. Saudades de ficar junto com meu pai escutando este LP.
Opera 33 Produções
Que trilha!!!!