Lyrics:

The crumbling soil
Is clouding our river sea *

Amazon, river of my life
Lovely image of God´s creation

You made the sky, the forest and the land
You brought together the 'caboclos' **
You created love

Let the drums roll
What I want is TIC, TIC, TIC, TAC, ***

That is the rhythm that makes my 'boi' swing
and people from all over come join the dance

* As they call the Amazon because of the huge volume of it´s water
** Indian / white metis
*** The rhythm of the drum