Toda Menina Baiana

Every Bahian girl has a saint
That God gives
Every Bahian girl has charm
That God gives
Every Bahian girl has a way
That God gives
Every Bahian girl has flaws too
That God gives.

That God gave
That God gives.

That God understood to give primacy
For good, for bad
First hand in Bahia
First mass
First Indian killed too
That God gave.

That God understood to give all the magic
For good, for bad
First ground in Bahia
First carnival
First pillory too
That God gave.

A, a, a, a, that God gave...
Oh, oh, oh, that God gives...