Asa Branca
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| "Asa Branca" | |
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| Song | |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Released | 1947 |
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"Asa Branca" is a song written by Luiz Gonzaga and Humberto Teixeira in 1947. The asa-branca ("white wing") of the title is the picazuro pigeon.[1] With its departure the desolation of the parched sertão (the arid backcountry) is complete, and the protagonist of the song, unable to make a living, must leave the sertão and his lady-love Rosinha. The song closes with his promise to return.[2]
- Eliane Elias included the song in her 1994 album Solos and Duets.
- Raul Seixas has written an English version of the song under the title "White Wings". It has been released only after his death, in the compilation Documento from 1998.
- It has been covered by Zé Ramalho in his 2003 album Estação Brasil. It is about the droughts that often afflict the sertão of the Brazilian Northeast.[2]
- An instrumental version appears on Ballaké Sissoko's 2013 release, At Peace, arranged by the artist for kora, and featuring frequent collaborator Vincent Ségal on cello.
Also played on the Scottish Highland bagpipes long with Brazilian surdo by macumba.
