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.