Madeira Boa (charm)

I’ll wait for the Moon to rise
I wanna head into the woods, yeah
I’m gonna get some good wood
To make my berimbau

I’ll wait for the Moon to rise
I wanna head into the woods, yeah
I’m gonna get some good wood
To make my berimbau

Good wood is like friendship
But it’s hard to come by
I keep friendship close to my heart
And with the wood, I’ll make my berimbau

Night falls, I enter the woods
Moonlight shines, I’m gonna search
Jequitibá and maçaranduba
I should find guatambu

If Master Bimba were here
To teach me how to pick the wood
I’d head into the woods right now
And grab some Ipê and Pau Pereira

On the full moon, I’ll gather the fruits
And on the waning moon, I’ll get the wood
To make my berimbau
To play in capoeira

In old Africa, they used the Ungo
At the big religious festivals
Kingenge is an Umbundo dialect
It’s the berimbau that conquered the world