Текст песни Astrud Gilberto - Maria Quiet

They say that I was born
Of slave Mogama and white man.
My father slept in iron bed,
My mother on cold sand.
When my father called
My mother would come,
Mever said a word
As if she were dumb.
A woman who will talk too much
Is soon to lose her man.

They say God made man first
And made a woman second choice,
And so that's why woman should
Obey her master's voice.
When the man is hungry,
She bakes the bread.
When man is cold,
She warms up the bed.
Standing up or laying down
The woman has to work.

They say poor man wakes early
And he works until it's night.
The rich man wakes up late
And tells the poor man what is right.
So the poor prays to Shango up above
So the rich will lose the money they love
But rich or poor the woman has
To work for both of them.