Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is not and has never been Getúlio Vargas jingle for the 1950 campaign.
Esse não é e nunca foi o jingle de Getúlio Vargas para a campanha de 1950.
Getúlio Vargas did it, he succeeded in his great objective. Five years after being removed by a palace coup, he ran and won the presidency becoming Brazil second democratically elected President with 49% of the votes and carrying 17 states plus the DC. As 1951 rolled in he was sworn in and became Brazil 17th president on january 31st, elected on a coalition between the left Varguist PTB and the right varguist PSD parties.
As the Carnaval of 1951 rolled in, Brazil most famous singer Francisco Alves recorded this song, "Retrato do Velho" (portrait of the old man), about Vargas victory where he made references for people to return their Vargas portraits back to their home, as many supporters had their own Vargas portraits in their own houses.
The history of the song didn't end there, though, as in 2010 a brazilian channel uploaded the song and called it as the jingle of Getúlio Vargas, trigering an internet myth about it. This song came after the election, it had nothing to do with it and it doesn't even cites the event, it was not comissioned by Vargas nor by any supporter, being composed organically. When Vargas heard it for the first time he got a little upset, since even though he was in his late 60s, he still didn't consider himself a old man.
This is not and has never been Getúlio Vargas jingle for the 1950 campaign.
Esse não é e nunca foi o jingle de Getúlio Vargas para a campanha de 1950.
Getúlio Vargas did it, he succeeded in his great objective. Five years after being removed by a palace coup, he ran and won the presidency becoming Brazil second democratically elected President with 49% of the votes and carrying 17 states plus the DC. As 1951 rolled in he was sworn in and became Brazil 17th president on january 31st, elected on a coalition between the left Varguist PTB and the right varguist PSD parties.
As the Carnaval of 1951 rolled in, Brazil most famous singer Francisco Alves recorded this song, "Retrato do Velho" (portrait of the old man), about Vargas victory where he made references for people to return their Vargas portraits back to their home, as many supporters had their own Vargas portraits in their own houses.
The history of the song didn't end there, though, as in 2010 a brazilian channel uploaded the song and called it as the jingle of Getúlio Vargas, trigering an internet myth about it. This song came after the election, it had nothing to do with it and it doesn't even cites the event, it was not comissioned by Vargas nor by any supporter, being composed organically. When Vargas heard it for the first time he got a little upset, since even though he was in his late 60s, he still didn't consider himself a old man.
