Gaúcho (Corta-Jaca)

Chiquinha Gonzaga wrote it as the closing number of the burlesque operetta Zizinha Maxixe, staged in Rio in 1895. It was published as "Gaúcho" with the subtitle "Dança do Corta-Jaca," and the subtitle became the name everyone uses. It is her most recorded piece.

In 1914 the first lady, Nair de Teffé, played it on guitar at a reception in the Catete presidential palace. Critics called it a scandal to bring a popular maxixe into the palace, and Senator Rui Barbosa attacked the performance from the Senate floor.