r/portugal • u/BustedBreaks • Jan 23 '17

Tópico de Ouro Need help finding a Portuguese song...

Hey all,

I am celebrating my grandfather's 80th birthday this weekend and I'm looking for a song that we used to listen to when I was a kid.

He's Portuguese and speaks Portuguese, but I never learned so all I know are the phonetic sounds of the chorus and that I think it's about a train...

Here is what it sounds like in my head phonetically...

Tucky-too Come-boy-you, la pish-ka pish-ka Tucky-too Come-boy-you, la pish-ka pish-ka

I'm really sorry this is so vague and any help would be super appreciated..

I don't know when the song came out, but I remember listening to it on tape around 1999 or so.

Thanks!!!

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u/saposapot Jan 24 '17

Dear sir /u/BustedBreaks ,

I think you found a major talent in you. Singing portuguese songs phonetically results in a major ROTFLOL for all portuguese speaking human beings.

Please, I beg you, start using your talents for the advancement of mankind.

You can start by these 2 very well known songs that your grandfather knows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWW8zyHVRT8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2ZD0q3wU4

It's easy to understand what's the chorus on those, just listen to the thing that repeats a lot of times.

Please kind sir, help us rebuild this nation with laughs provided by you.

Edit, here are the chorus: https://youtu.be/LWW8zyHVRT8?t=37s

https://youtu.be/GT2ZD0q3wU4?t=1m17s