Coisa Da Antiga - Clara Nunes

Na tina, vovó lavou, vovó lavou

A roupa que mamãe vestiu quando foi batizada

E mamãe quando era menina teve que passar, teve que passar

Muita fumaç a e calor no ferro de engomar

Hoje mamãe me falou de vovó só de vovó

Disse que no tempo dela era bem melhor

Mesmo agachada na tina e soprando no ferro de carvão

Tinha-se mais amizade e mais consideração

Disse que naquele tempo a palavra de um mero cidadão

Valia mais que hoje em dia uma nota de milhão

Disse afinal que o que é de verdade

NinguÃ(c)m mais hoje liga

Isso é coisa da antiga, ai na tina

Hoje o olhar de mamãe marejou só marejou

Quando se lembrou do velho, o meu bisavô

Disse que ele foi escravo mas não se entregou à escravidão

Sempre vivia fugindo e arrumando confusão

Disse pra mim que essa história do meu bisavô, negro fujão

Devia servir de exemplo a «Esses nego pai João»

Disse afinal que o que é de verdade

NinguÃ(c)m mais hoje liga

Isso é coisa da antiga, oi na tina

Na tina, grandma washed it, grandma washed it

The clothes Mom wore when she was baptized

And mama and when she was a girl had to go, she had to go

Lots of smoke and heat in the iron

Today mom told me about grandma only grandma

She said her time was so much better

Even crouching in the water and blowing on the coal iron

There was more friendship and more consideration

She said that at that time the word of a mere citizen

A million dollar bill was worth more than today

She said after all that what is real

Nobody else calls today

This is an old thing, ai na tina

Today mommy's look was just watery

When she remembered the old man, my great-grandfather

She said he was a slave but didn't give himself up to slavery

She was always running away and making a mess.

He told me that this story about my great-grandfather, runaway black

She should serve as an example to «Esses nego pai João»

Said after all that what is real

Nobody else calls today

This is an old thing, oi na tina