Á moda portuguesa

An amazing fact of life

Is that the best way

Of anything getting done

Is by doing it the only way:

Á moda portuguesa.

When someone is really late

And getting on your nerves,

And yet you sigh and wait-

For you understand his watch is

Á moda portuguesa.

The best way to work

And get nothing done,

To waste time and patience

And to just have fun

Is to do it

Á moda portuguesa.

It is something only few can do,

It is a way of life

You have to have the blood,

The will and the drive

To do it all

Á moda portuguesa.

To certain people who know:

The way to a man´s heart

Is up through his stomach,

There is a meal that does just that

It´s called cozido-

Á moda portuguesa.

Who knows food better than we do

And wine better than we make?

For the best balance only comes

When the two meet and combine

And that only be done-

Á moda portuguesa.

You are forgiven

If you ever use the excuse

Those three simple words may offer.

If you insert them well and with precision

Your path thereon is a given,

All with a whisper of

“Á moda portuguesa”