Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá // PAUL BARTON

Performed by Paul Barton -------- “Tico-Tico no Fubá“ (“sparrow in the cornmeal“) is a Brazilian choro song written by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917. Its original title was “Tico-Tico no Farelo“ (“sparrow in the bran“), but since Brazilian guitarist Américo Jacomino “Canhoto“ (1889–1928) had a work with the same title, Abreu’s work was given its present name in 1931, and sometime afterward Aloysio de Oliveira wrote the original Portuguese lyrics. Outside Brazil, the s