Lyr Req: O Cangaceiro

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: O Cangaceiro
From: GUEST,henry
Date: 22 Jan 02 - 03:33 AM

Hello: Sorcha, Susanne, AliUK,

thank you very, very much for the information you provided. The background information of you, AliUK, is highly interesting. I saw the movie in the fifties and never forgot it. I found the title song 'La mulher rendeira' with the help of Napster. The singer indicated in the title is 'Kucerovci'.

Thank you once more,

Henry, Munich, Germany.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: O Cangaceiro
From: AliUK
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 07:20 PM

Its written in portuguese and give me a few days and Ill have the words for you ( with translation). O Cangaceiro was refilmed a few years ago and the new version is fairly faithful to the b/w version though not as atmospheric. It was loosely based on the life and times of Lampiao, a bandit that roamed the mountains and deserts of the interior here in the Notheast of brazil. He was set up as a kind of Robin Hood figure, but in reality he was a thug and a bully that evaded the law because he had the protection of some of the big ranchers here. ( He was in fact my wifes great uncle so I do actually know what Im on about.) If you want to see a nice satire of Lampiao, search out a movie called Auto de Comparecida, a recent movie that is extremely faithful to life here in the interior of the Northeast and a very funny movie to boot. Aslo check out the music of Luiz Gonzaga O Rei do Baiao. ( For some reason my punctuation keys arent working...damn!!)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: O Cangaceiro
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 06:15 PM

I have a recording of this song by Joan Baez, but no idea which album it comes from. Taped it from the radio. Unfortunately, I don't have Portuguese (or whatever language it's written in).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: O Cangaceiro
From: Sorcha
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 11:15 AM

Found this, don't know if there is more or not.

Subject: O Cangaceiro
From: GUEST,henry
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 10:21 AM

In the early fifties there was a brazil movie titled 'O Cangaceiro'. The title song was 'La mulher rendeira'. Can anybody mail the lyrics to: [e-mail]

Your help will be very much appreciated.

henry