Já chegou o sargento
Da capitania
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Ele quer documento
É a ordem do dia
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Trouxe o seu regimento
Pro cais da Bahia
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Todo o destacamento
Da delegacia
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Pelo poder de barravento
Vamos lutar com valentia
Já desceu todo o alojamento
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Pela medalha de São Bento
E o capacete do meu guia
Pra combater o fardamento
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Já chegou o sargento
Da capitania
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Ele quer documento
É a ordem do dia
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Trouxe o seu regimento
Pro cais da bahia
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Todo o destacamento
Da delegacia
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Não adianta o armamento
Pra quem tem medo e covardia
A mão na terra e o pé no vento
Vamos tocar cavalaria
A capoeira é o fundamento
Contra o poder da tirania
Pra confirmar o juramento
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
O militar que tome tento
Porque vai ter pancadaria
Se extrapolar no tratamento
Vamos tocar cavalaria
O povo segue o ensinamento
Que mestre mangangá dizia
Pra quem é bravo e violento
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Vamos tocar cavalaria
Sergeant has arrived
From the captaincy
Let's play cavalry
He wants document
It's the order of the day
Let's play cavalry
I brought your regiment
Pro docks in Bahia
Let's play cavalry
The entire posting
From the police station
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
By the power of barravento
Let's fight with courage
Already down the entire accommodation
Let's play cavalry
For the São Bento medal
And my guide's helmet
To fight the uniform
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
Sergeant has arrived
From the captaincy
Let's play cavalry
He wants document
It's the order of the day
Let's play cavalry
I brought your regiment
Pro cais da bahia
Let's play cavalry
The entire posting
From the police station
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
Weapons don't work
For those who are afraid and cowardly
The hand on the ground and the foot in the wind
Let's play cavalry
Capoeira is the foundation
Against the power of tyranny
To confirm the oath
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
The military who try
Because there will be beating
Extrapolate in treatment
Let's play cavalry
The people follow the teaching
What mangangá master said
For those who are angry and violent
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
Let's play cavalry
This rhythm was created after the ban on capoeira, when penalties for practice were severe to the point of torture and even mutilation. The rhythm of cavalleria, is perceived to be a warning tone,and not involved with any game of capoeira. The Brazilian government carved the Cavalry Squadron from the National Guard of Brazil to control capoeira activities. Hence this rhythm found its origins.
A capoeirista with a berimbau positioned himself at a vantage point on a hill or in a corner, a short distance from the roda,and when the cavalry approached, his rhythm mimicked the sound of galloping horses and warned the capoeiristas, who either fled or engaged in fierce battles with the police.This is the maximum alert tone in capoeira and was inspired by the cavalry trot . However till today,this is fiercely debated,because whereas the cavalry came in existence in 1800, the berimbau was introduced only in the late 1800 or early 1900.
