Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. A carol from Portugal, I arranged this one using a combination of more archaic instruments, namely the bagpipe and Beira square frame drums, and the more recent mandolin and acoustic guitar.

Lyrics in Portuguese:
Ó meu Menino Jesus!
Ó meu Menino tão belo!
Logo vieste a nascer
Ao rigor do caramelo
Oh meu menino Jesus
Não queiras menino ser
Ao rigor do Caramelo
A neve te faz gemer

O menino da senhora
Chama pai a S. José
Que lhe trouxe uns sapatinhos
Da feira de Santo André

O menino chora chora
Chora pelos sapatinhos
Haja quem lhe dê as solas
Q’eu lhe darei os saltinhos

Dá-me o deus menino
Não dou não dou não dou
Dá-me o deus menino
Vai à missa que lá vou
Dá-me o deus menino
Não dou não dou não dou

English translation:
Oh my little Jesus,
Oh my little one so beautiful!
You came to be born
In the harshness of the cold.

Oh my little Jesus,
Do not wish to be a child;
In the harshness of the cold
The snow makes you shiver.

The Lady’s little child
Calls Saint Joseph his father,
Who brought him little shoes
From the fair of Santo André.

The Child cries and cries,
Cries for his little shoes;
Let someone give him soles,
And I will give him the heels.

Give me the little God!
I won’t give him, I won’t, I won’t!
Give me the little God,
Go to Mass, I’ll be there soon.
Give me the little God!
I won’t give him, I won’t, I won’t!