Stories of Paraná - ABC of "landless" (II)

Stories of Paraná - ABC of "landless" (II)

ABC of "landless" (II)
Samuel Guimarães da Costa

We reproduce below the ABC authored by Julio Alves Machado, collected in 1940 in northern Paraná by Samuel Guimarães da Costa and first published in the magazine "The Book", in Curitiba, in 1947:

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ABC of the poor people residing in the hinterland looking for a means to exclaim their prime reason
B
Brademos humbly to the Brazilian government
- A poor obedient people his countrymen true
C
Pity on us, our illustrious President, why do you use a poor obedient people?
D
We'll tell you all happy being protected our President Viva Viva America!
And
This is the people of the interior that speaks this paper and asking protection this cruel moment!
F
We were the ones who did this and kill a picadão require the Government to Rio Bufadeira Good
G
Ensuring we map a zone national this subject does not escape special reason
H
There have been several applications of the first inhabitant
which proves to have good intent the forester vigilant
I
Summoned by the judge to make require all do what he says without words tell
J
Never let us think that belonging to a farm, a judge can cheat as further strife
K
Ker people see their status right complain all the sign uncovered without anyone threatening
L
There we have done so humble and orderly also fulfilling our duty of good Brazilian child
M
Many are aimlessly not knowing where to go without crafts and without education and without support from the hinterland
N
Our homeland is Brazilian no one can deny, carrying in our flag should have a place
The
O Fatherland! The Brazil darling! do not follow your wrong track being the poor helpless despise your own son!
P
Poverty is not defective can not all be noble and the callus is the most beautiful adornment that exists in the hand of rotten
Q
Who has seen progress in any mode now you may have good success without arms poverty?
R
Rico does not come in the backcountry backcountry tapera get home is to be a lion or other beast
S
Saudosa dear homeland! do not deny me your clod which give you my life and my own heart
T
All we hope we shall be valid from the more wistful memory of a man of good sense
u
Wanting to be a man of God and all valid for favoring do that is to be favored
V
Victorious is the son who is humble and obedient and follow the right path that trace its President
X
Xorando poor humble woodsman comes to complain to your boss Brazilian
- Who can comfort you
Z
Mock the law does not want nor repel grant us where we live with a term to repay

Samuel Guimarães da Costa, journalist and writer


Source: Stories of Paraná, Brasil.