A berimbau standing in the sand at the beach, with people and structures in the background.

Beira mar ioio

Beira mar iaia

Beira mar ioio

Beira mar iaia

Beira mar, beira mar

É de ioio

Beira mar, beira mar

É de iaia

Seaside ioio

Seaside iaia

Seaside ioio

Seaside iaia

Seaside, Seaside

Belongs to ioio

Seaside, Seaside

Belongs to iaia

The term beira-mar means sea-shore and the terms Ioio and Iaia are how enslaved people would usually refer to their masters’ children. This song gives reference to the sea-shores that often held such beauty in the northern states of Brazil and the fact that they would often belong to the slave-masters and mistresses.