Agora Sim que Mataram meu Besouro

Agora sim, quem mataram o meu Besouro, Depois de morte Besourinho Cordão de Ouro

Agora sim, quem mataram o meu Besouro, Depois de morte Besourinho Cordão de Ouro

O Besourinho, Besourinho

Cordão de Ouro

E Besouro

Cordão de Ouro

Now then, who killed my beetle

After death little beetle cord of Gold

Now then, who killed my beetle

After death little beetle cord of Gold

The little beetle, little beetle

Cord of gold

Beetle

Cord of Gold

Manoel Henrique Pereira was born in Santo Amaro, Bahia in 1895, and died in 1924 from “a puncture wound”.

There are official records of his birth, death, plus arrest records which document that he was also known as Besouro, so we can be pretty certain that the man really existed.

Aside from these few official documents, however, there is very little we know for sure, only the stories which have been passed down from generation to generation, mainly via oral tradition.