A song mourning the loss of the Portuguese monarchy, following Manuel II being deposed in 1910.
King Manuel II was greatly loved by his people and the republicans were very unpopular winning the least number of seats in the elections during his re…
A song mourning the loss of the Portuguese monarchy, following Manuel II being deposed in 1910.
King Manuel II was greatly loved by his people and the republicans were very unpopular winning the least number of seats in the elections during his reign. But being the hypocrites they were, they would have their way even if it meant ironically doing so by undemocratic means. While they were not popular, they were very powerful having been able to cause several military units to mutiny. Even so, when the revolution came, it was by no means clear it would be successful. It was only a huge misunderstanding that ended up having people believe the royalist forces had surrendered that gave the revolutionaries the victory they needed.
The king then left for England having had a one-and-only chance to escape by the royal yacht at the Praia dos Pescadores (Fisherman's Beach) in the seaside town of Ericeira. I picked the picture that I did as I imagined it to be like an aftermath to the king's escape, although it was completed 2 years before the Revolution happened.
The song is performed by José Campos e Sousa, who also did the Deus, Pátria, Rei song that is quite popular among monarchist channels. He is actually a very outspoken monarchist and if I can find them, I'll post more of his monarchist pieces.
I should also apologise as this song is a poem and I haven't done it justice in translating it as I don't know a word of Portuguese and had to work off the Pidgin English of Google Translate as well as the words I recognised from my basic understanding of Spanish. If you are a Portuguese speaker and can give a better translation of the lyrics then please let me know as I would like to update the video with better lyrics.
