Pra não dizer que não falei das flores
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"Pra não dizer que não falei das flores" (Portuguese
for "So that it may not be said that I did not speak of flowers"), also known as "Caminhando" (Portuguese
for "Walking"), is a song composed by Geraldo Vandré
that ranked second on the Festival Internacional da Canção in 1968. Afterwards, due to the song's critical tone toward the dictatorship, public playing of the song was forbidden by the brazilian military dictatorship.
The melody
has a hymn
and march rhythm
, and the lyric, with the verses in an easy rhyme scheme (almost all of them end with the same syllable
: "ão"), to aid memorization, was widely played. The first artist ever to sing "Caminhando" after the censorship's ban was lifted was Simone
, in 1979, garnering enormous success from both public and critics.
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
for "So that it may not be said that I did not speak of flowers"), also known as "Caminhando" (Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
for "Walking"), is a song composed by Geraldo Vandré
Geraldo Vandré
Geraldo Vandré , is a Brazilian singer, composer and guitar player.In 1966 his song Disparada , interpreted by Jair Rodrigues, was a success at the Record Festival...
that ranked second on the Festival Internacional da Canção in 1968. Afterwards, due to the song's critical tone toward the dictatorship, public playing of the song was forbidden by the brazilian military dictatorship.
The melody
Melody
A melody , also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones which is perceived as a single entity...
has a hymn
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification...
and march rhythm
Rhythm
Rhythm may be generally defined as a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions." This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time may be applied to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or...
, and the lyric, with the verses in an easy rhyme scheme (almost all of them end with the same syllable
Syllable
A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a syllable nucleus with optional initial and final margins .Syllables are often considered the phonological "building...
: "ão"), to aid memorization, was widely played. The first artist ever to sing "Caminhando" after the censorship's ban was lifted was Simone
Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira
Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, better known as Simone, is a Brazilian singer and a major performer of Música Popular Brasileira who has recorded more than 31 albums.-Biography:...
, in 1979, garnering enormous success from both public and critics.