Pandeiro é meu nome

They said my companion, my deaf friend
Seems absurd, getting hit for everything
No one sings samba without him getting hit
They didn't see that his companion, tambourine friend
Also picks coconuts from the same coconut tree
And gets hit smiling for people to sing
Tambourine isn't absurd, but it's my name
I'm not called deaf, but I endure hunger
Tambourine doesn't eat
But it can get hit
To the people who vibrate to the power of Brazilian sound
It's not just the deaf or just the tambourine
There's a family playing cool
You singing, playing, and beating on us
Going through everything so indifferent
You don't know the pain of the instrumental

Drummer, oh, drummer
Singing samba, you can hit the tambourine
Drummer, oh, drummer
Singing samba, you can hit the tambourine