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Every episode is a different song. This is the song today:

"Meu Mundo é Hoje" by Paulinho da Viola;

written by Wilson Batista

Paulinho da Viola once said that Wilson Batista is the best samba songwriter who ever lived, so this episode is as much about Wilson as it is about Paulinho. He was born in 1913, from the first generation of samba songwriters, but never recorded an album, even though he wrote more than 500 songs. Wilson (pictured) did not play instruments, and he became known as the matchbox songwriter, for writing songs playing with a matchbox as percussion instead.

Wilsons' claim to fame in Brazil was his beef with Noel Rosa in the 1920s, which gave us brilliant sambas about their turbulent relationship. However, as anyone would tell, including Paulinho da Viola, Wilson Batista was more than that, is "O Meu Mundo Hoje" is the epitome song to prove it.

Check the lyrics translation at Translationsmith.