History and Explaining the Lyrics of Canto Alegretense (Os Fagundes)

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First of all, I would like to thank Ernesto Fagundes who gave me the support to confirm the historical facts in this video! Thank you so much for your partnership! We are immensely grateful for everything your family has done and continues to do for the culture of Rio Grande do Sul. Let's go back to the early 1980s and Antonio Augusto Fagundes, better known as Nico Fagundes, was a lawyer in the capital Porto Alegre and, in fact, he worked in an office with Edson Dutra, from Os Serranos. One day, one of his colleagues told Nico that he would have a hearing in Alegrete and asked him: Where is Alegrete? Nico, who was from there, did not give geographical coordinates and simply replied: Don't ask me where Alegrete is, follow the path of your own heart! And this phrase stuck in Nico's head, and he immediately grabbed a piece of paper, put it in his typewriter and wrote a few more verses. He says that in less than 10 minutes, the lyrics were ready. So Nico analyzed it, put it in his briefcase and took it home. Some time later, his brother Euclides Fagundes Filho, known as Bagre Fagundes, visited him in Porto Alegre and received those verses and was impressed by them. So much so that he took them back to Alegrete to set them to music. Once in Alegrete, Bagre picked up his 4-bass harmonica and composed the melody. And here I'll make a parenthesis, because Bagre still has that harmonica to this day and he performs with it every now and then. So Bagre showed it to his father Euclides Fagundes, who approved of his sons' work and prophesied: This song will immortalize you. So they picked up the phone, called Nico and played Canto Alegretense. Nico was pleased, but did not show the same enthusiasm as his father and brother, and said: That's reasonable, you're the ones who are too exaggerated. This song was entered into the 2nd Nativist Musical Gathering of Santa Maria in 1981. It was performed by the Inhanduy Group, which was formed by Bagre, Ernesto and Neto. It was a hit with the public, but it did not win an award because the song had already been performed some time before at the International Crioula Week of Bagé, which went against the rules of the Gathering. Even so, the song was recorded and is on the album of the finalists of the 2nd Nativist Gathering. The song did not make the podium but made history. Some time later, in 1983, Canto Alegretense was performed for the first time on television, at Galpão Crioulo. In this performance, Bagre was present with his four-bass harmonica, Ernesto and Neto on the guitars and the youngest, still a kid, Paulinho on the bass drum. And since then, Canto Alegretense has become one of the most played songs at gatherings of gauchos all over the world. Just to give you an idea, it has been recorded by more than 100 different artists and I bet you've heard it at least 300 times. Now I ask you: Do you know what the lyrics mean? Can you identify and understand all the words in the song? So now let's take a closer look at the lyrics: https://linhacampeira.com/a-historia-...

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