O Namorico Da Rita [English translation]

Rita's Boyfriend

In the market of the riverside

There is a romance of love

Between Rita who is the fishwife

And the Boy who is a fisher

Everyone who goes there knows

That Rita likes the Boy,

Only her mother doesn't give

consent to the boyfriend.

Chorus

When he passes by her

She smiles cheekily

However, the Boy is cautious

He doesn't start a conversation or say anything at all.

So that when her mother happens

To see that the Boy draws nearer

For some futile purpose

She makes the whole riverside shake.

They fall in love early in the morning

And from the most creative way

Two crates of sardine

Give a chance for conversation.

And there are those who say with a full mouth

That after so much staring

The Boy from so much back and forth

Nails two kisses onto Rita.

• Artist:Amália Rodrigues