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.