Badja Cu Mi

Dance with me … Badja cu mi … yes, dance with me…
my music … my dance.
Yes, dance with me. Badja cu mi.

Dance Morna with me… hold me tight… …step onto
the  dance floor… whisper stories of love, longing… 
na meio ton di B.Leza.  Step to the right, left, back and forth.
Dance with me…Badja cu mi.

Dance Coladera with me… Dance under the sound of viola,
cavaquin e rabeca. Forget hardship…poke fun at fate
…badja cu mi…  ca bu mostran Coladera- zouk.
Show me sarcasm… curcutisan, frivolity…  Dance…Dance 
Coladera with me… Badja cu mi.

Dance Talaia Baxu…Badja cu mi… Dance with 
me to the sound of Mino di Mama’s accordion. 
Dance Mazurca with me. Baja cu mi and with the 
women of Mostero. Yes… dance with me. Badja cu mi.

Sing with me. Canta cu mi. 
Sing with me. Yes. Cola cu mi and celebrate Nos Festa
Santu, nos festa riju. Our Saints’ Feasts.

Let’s join the men and dip the mast and San Filipe’s flag, 
in the sea, and later bless them at church. With the women let’s
stamp and pound corn, pila midjo na pilon, watch Matansa and 
dance Canizadi under the sound of drums.
Cola cu mi… Yes, sing with me. 
Badja cu mi, dance with me.


Cola San Djon y San Pedro. Sing and dance with me 
on the feast days of San Djon and San Pedro. 
Salta fogera cu mi. Yes! Jump the bonfire with me, and
shout: San Djon, San Djon, sarna na lumi, saudi na corpu. 
Yes, shout and jump with me. 

Badja y canta cu mi na festa di Djarfogo.
Dance and sing with me in the feasts of Djarfogo.

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Badja cu mi, dance with me. Canta cu mi. 
Dance with me, sing with me.
Dance Funana… hear the sound of gaita and ferrinho, 
electric guitar, bass, drums and let the lyrics in the voices of 
Bitori and Code di Dona exhilarate your soul. 

Badja Batuke cu mi, badja.
Dance Batuke, Dance. 
Show the exuberant percussion of your body.
Shake your buttocks…celebrate with me my
African roots.
Dance Batuke with me. Badja cu mi.

Canta Batuke cu mi. Canta.
Sing Batuque with me… Sing.
Join the batukeiras song and place tchabetas
between our knees, strike our hands and send 
messages, advice, that only batukeiras know how.

Come with me to the Tabanka.
Join me under the sound of tambors and buzios. 
Let’s celebrate in the rhythm of drums and trumpets 
stamp your feet and have some fun.
Sing with me. Yes! Sing with me in the feasts of Santiago.

Badja cu mi. Canta cu mi. Badja cu mi.
Dance with me. Sing with me. Dance with me. 
Let us be the music, the dance and the songs.