This song appears on the CD "Brasileiro" produced by Putumayo. See: http://www.putumayo.com/en/catalog_item.php?album_id=76 Celso Machado's own web site has only this to say about the song "Despedida" (which means "Leave-taking", "Farewell", or "Good-bye") : "Goodbye" Music: Celso Machado, Lyrics: from the folklore of Sergipe voice, guitar, palmas (clapping), and vocal rhythms The lyrics of this canto de chegança have been extracted from a research study of the folklore of the Lagarto region (state of Sergipe)

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