Asa Branca

"Asa Branca" is a song written by Luiz Gonzaga and Humberto Teixeira in 1947.

[1] With its departure the desolation of the parched sertão (the arid backcountry) is complete, and the protagonist of the song, unable to make a living, must leave the sertão and his lady-love Rosinha.

[2] Also played on the Scottish Highland bagpipes long with Brazilian surdo by macumba.

[2] "A Volta da Asa-Branca" (The Return of the White-wing) is a sequel to "Asa Branca".

The song celebrates the return of life to the sertão, and the protagonist's reunion with Rosinha, whom he plans to marry at the end of the year.

The picazuro pigeon , called pomba-asa-branca or white-winged dove in Portuguese .