The Jeca’s sadness, in a country song

Abstract

Analysis of the song “A tristeza do jeca” by Angelino de Oliveira, under the light of a descriptive model proposed by the song semiotics. By unveiling the strata that, according to this model, generate meaning in this specific song, we can find in the melody as well as in the lyrics, the consoling power of the country song resulting from a passionate frame of mind which is a mixture of sadness, resignation and homesickness whose causes are only suggested but never completely explicited. Keywords: Textual Semiotics. Song Semiotics. Brazilian Pop Music. Country Music.