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Nellie McKay: "The Dog Song"
Nellie McKay canta "A Música do Cão"
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Nellie McKay, fã de animais, canta um tributo brilhante a um querido cão. Ela sugere que também o façamos: "Vai ao abrigo dos animais/ E escolhe um cão/ E enche-o de orgulho/ Pois isso é o que importa."
Nellie McKay - Singer/songwriter
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio
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I’d like to dedicate this next song to Carmelo,
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Eu dedico esta próxima música ao Carmelo,
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who was put to sleep a couple of days ago, because he got too old.
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que foi morto há um par de dias por ter envelhecido demais.
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But apparently he was a very nice dog
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Mas aparentemente ele era um excelente cão
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and he always let the cat sleep in the dog bed.
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e sempre deixou o gato dormir na sua cama.
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♫ (Dog panting noise) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ (Barulho de cão a arfar) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ I'm just a'walking my dog, singing my song, strolling along. ♫
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♫ Estou apenas a passear o meu cão, a cantar a minha canção, a caminhar. ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, catching some sun. We can't go wrong. ♫
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♫ Sim, apenas eu e o meu cão a apanhar sol, nada pode correr mal. ♫
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♫ My life was lonely and blue. ♫
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♫ A minha vida era solitária e triste ♫
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♫ Yeah, I was sad as a sailor, ♫
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♫ Sim, eu era triste como um marinheiro, ♫
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♫ I was an angry 'un too. ♫
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♫ E era também revoltada. ♫
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♫ Then there was you -- appeared when I was entangled with youth and fear, ♫
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♫ E então tu vieste - apareceste quando eu estava num emaranhado de juventude e medo ♫
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♫ and nerves jingle jangled, vermouth and beer were getting me mangled up. ♫
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♫ e os nervos a tilintar, vermute e cerveja a destruir-me. ♫
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♫ But then I looked in your eyes ♫
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♫ Então olhei-te nos olhos ♫
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♫ and I was no more a failure. ♫
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♫ e deixei de ser um fracasso. ♫
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♫ You looked so wacky and wise. ♫
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♫ Pareceste-me tão tolo e sábio. ♫
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♫ And I said, "Lord, I'm happy, 'cause I'm just a'walking my dog, ♫
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♫ E eu disse, "Senhor, estou feliz, por passear o meu cão, ♫
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♫ catching some sun. We can't go wrong." ♫
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♫ a apanhar sol. Nada pode correr mal." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, singing our song, strolling along. ♫
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♫ Sim, apenas eu e o meu cão, a cantar a nossa canção, a caminhar. ♫
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♫ 'Cause I don't care about your hating and your doubt, ♫
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♫ Porque eu não quero saber do teu ódio e das tuas dúvidas, ♫
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♫ and I don't care what the politicians spout. ♫
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♫ nem daquilo que os políticos dizem. ♫
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♫ If you need a companion, why, just go out to the pound, ♫
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♫ Se precisares de um companheiro, vai ao abrigo dos animais ♫
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♫ and find yourself a hound, and make that doggie proud, ♫
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♫ e escolhe um cão e enche-o de orgulho, ♫
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♫ 'cause that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ pois isso é o que importa. ♫
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♫ (Dog panting noise) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ (Barulho de cão a arfar) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ My life was tragic and sad. ♫
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♫ A minha vida era trágica e triste, ♫
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♫ I was the archetypal loser. ♫
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♫ Eu era o arquétipo do perdedor, ♫
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♫ I was a pageant gone bad. ♫
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♫ Eu era um concurso que correu mal, ♫
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♫ And then there was you -- on time, and wagging your tail ♫
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♫ e vieste tu, na hora certa, a abanar o rabo ♫
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♫ in the cutest mime that you was in jail. ♫
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♫ querido, como se estivesses na cadeia. ♫
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♫ I said, "Woof, be mine!" and you gave a wail and then ♫
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♫ Eu disse "Au au, sê meu!", e tu ganiste e então ♫
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♫ I was no longer alone. ♫
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♫ deixei de estar sozinha. ♫
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♫ And I was no more a boozer. ♫
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♫ E deixei de ser uma bêbeda. ♫
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♫ We'll make the happiest home. ♫
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♫ Vamos formar o mais feliz dos lares. ♫
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♫ And I said, "Lord, I'm happy, 'cause I’m just a'walking my dog, ♫
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♫ E eu disse, "Senhor, estou feliz, porque estou a passear o meu cão, ♫
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♫ singing my song, strolling along." ♫
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♫ a cantar a minha canção, a caminhar." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, catching some sun. We can't go wrong, ♫
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♫ Sim, apenas eu e o meu cão, a apanhar sol, nada pode correr mal, ♫
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♫ 'cause I don't care about your hating and your doubt, ♫
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♫ Porque eu não quero saber do teu ódio e das tuas dúvidas, ♫
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♫ and I don’t care what the politicians spout. ♫
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♫ e eu não quero saber do que os políticos dizem. ♫
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♫ If you need a companion, why, just go out to the pound, ♫
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♫ Se precisares de um companheiro, vai ao abrigo dos animais ♫
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♫ and find yourself a hound, and make that doggie proud, ♫
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♫ e escolhe um cão e enche-o de orgulho, ♫
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♫ 'cause that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ pois isso é o que importa, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ pois isso é o que importa, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all abou-BOW-WOW-WOW-WOW ♫
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♫ pois isso é o que import-Au-Au-Au ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ pois isso é o que importa. ♫
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♫ (Dog panting noise) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ (Barulho de cão a arfar) Heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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Good dog!
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Lindo cãozinho!
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Thank you.
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Obrigada.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nellie McKay - Singer/songwriterNellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim.
Why you should listen
Playful, quirky, hilarious, endearing: not attributes of your typical political agitator. But singer-songwriter-producer-activist Nellie McKay merits the description. Her music is whimsical, colorful, catchy and as engaging as it is restless. Toying with antique genres and yet undeniably contemporary, it flirts with multiple styles of delivery while maintaining a sharp social conscience.
For these and other eccentricities, McKay has gained a devoted fan following. On stage and off, she's an outspoken advocate of animal rights, a friend and ally to any arch political quip and -- lucky for us -- artistically uncompromising. After cutting two major-label records, her own indie label, Hungry Mouse, produced her latest, Obligatory Villagers.
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