A list of capoeira songs in video format with full lyrics in Portuguese, translated to English to help you learn how to sing and know what you're singing about.

Capoeira songs can be divided into four main categories:

• The Ladainha (Litany) is sung at the beginning of the roda. Poetic, metaphorical and sung in quartain format, it usually takes the form of a cautionary tale or legend.
• The louvação (Praise) gives praise and thanks to any combination Mestre's present and past, historical figures and those present and god. Also known as Chula
• Corridos are the overlapping call and response songs typical of African song. Many old corridos are borrowed from other Afro-Brazilian practices such as Samba and Umbanda. Additionally new songs explicitly referring to capoeira are constanly being created.
• Quadras a type of song innovated by Mestre Bimba. Quadras follow a set quadrain pattern of four verses and are used much like corridos with the chorus joining in after each refrain.