“Terra minha“ - Portuguese Scarborough Fair song (LYRICS + Translation)

Original name: “Olhos de terra, cabelos de trigo“ Author/Artist: Roberto Leal Album: “Canto da Terra“ (2007) Video: “Trás-os-Montes | Mix | Belezas de Portugal” (2022) Origin: Bragança, Trás-os-Montes Youtube channel: @360portugal “Scarborough Fair“ is a traditional English song of unknown authorship. The song had many interpreters and versions, this being a Portuguese version, authored by the Luso-brazilian singer Roberto Leal, called “Olhos de Terra, Cabelos de Trigo“, having I shortened the original title to “Terra minha“. As for Roberto Leal (1951-2019), artistic name of António Joaquim Fernandes, was a singer, songwriter and actor who emigrated with his family to Brazil in 1962 (the beginning of the Portuguese Colonial War*) in search for a better life. He was considered an ambassador of portuguese culture in Brazil, something quite perceptible in his songs, including this one. The main theme portrayed
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