hypersongs

Marinheiro Só

A traditional sailors' and capoeira song, adapted by Caetano Veloso.
Clementina de Jesus, from Marinheiro Só (1973)

It is a traditional, public-domain song, credited as Domínio Público on lyric sites and adapted by Caetano Veloso for the 1973 LP. Papoeira describes a folk song of fishermen, sailors, dock workers and enslaved people, later a capoeira song, with verses that mention Bahia and Salvador and the sea; the title reads as Lone Sailor. Slipcue says Caetano also recorded it on his 1969 album, and other listings imply 1968, so that year is open. Versions named by Papoeira are Caetano Veloso, Clementina de Jesus and Carolina Soares. Nova Brasil FM, through a snippet we could not open, says the song became eternalized in Clementina's voice.

We found no statement from Clementina about the song, no chart history, video, setlist.fm counts, or covers with years, and nothing about this specific upload.

Covers and versions

  • Caetano Veloso (1969) On his album; year uncertain.

Sources

  1. Marinheiro Só, Papoeira
  2. Clementina de Jesus, Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira
  3. Clementina de Jesus, Slipcue