The lyrics are very funny and non-sensical, at least for those Italian-Brazilians who can understand the language (a great number of paulistas). Original  Gioconda, piccina mia, Va' a brincare nel mare, nel fondo, Ma attenzione col tubarone, lo hai visto? Hai capito, mio San Benedito? Piove, piove, Da tempo che piove qua, Gigi, E io, sempre io, Sotto la tua finestra E voi, senza me sentire Ridere, ridere, ridere Di questo infelice qui  Ti ricordi, Gioconda, Di quella sera in Guarujá Quando il mare ti portava via E mi chiamasti Aiuto, Marcello! La tua Gioconda ha paura di quest'onda  Free translation  Gioconda, my little girl Go frolicking there, deep into the sea But pay attention to the shark, did you see it? Understood, my Saint Benedict? It rains, it rains It has rained for a long time here, Gigi And I, always I, Under your window And you, without hearing me, Laugh, laugh and laugh At this unhappy one here  Do you remember, Gioconda That afternoon in Guarujá When the sea was taking you away And you called me: Help, Marcello! Your Gioconda is afraid of this wave       Thaddeus H. Caraway  Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (October 17, 1871 – November 6, 1931) was a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas who represented the state first in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913 to 1921 and then in the U.S. Senate from 1921 until his death. Caraway was born on a farm near Springhill in Stoddard County in southeastern Missouri, the youngest of three children. His father, Tolbert Caraway, was a country physician and Confederate veteran; his mother was Mary Ellen Caraway. When he was six months old, Tolbert Caraway was assassinated in a feud, and the family was left impoverished. Thaddeus worked as a farmhand from the age of seven, then later as a railroad section hand, a farm tenant, and as a sharecropper. He studied at night and attended the common schools as a boy.