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Escravos de Jó (also known as "Caxangá") is a traditional song that is commonly played during a game where players have a matchbox to pass to their fellow players in a circle and also must pass them to keep up with the rhythm without missing. In Disney media, it is heard in the 1942 animated Disney film, Saludos Amigos in the samba rhythm and carnaval sequence where the narrator talks about the carnival in Brazil before the sequence loops into Aquarela do Brasil, the final segment of the film.

It is also heard in the short, Pluto's Blue Note where Pluto puts his tail on a record player for the first time.

The song was also going to be heard in a scrapped Saludos Amigos segment, A Brazilian Symphony: Caxanga which was in production by Wilfred Jackson, but was ultimately scrapped. The aforementioned segment was going to have Donald Duck playing the game, where he has a hard time keeping up with José Carioca and Goofy.

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The version used in Saludos Amigos is likely the Zé Pereira version, since the song is sung in the carnival in Rio de Janeiro sequence as this verse is the one used in Rio de Janeiro. This version is popular in the northeastern regions of Rio de Janeiro.

Escravos de Jó (Slaves of Job)
Jogavam Caxangá (Played Caxangá)
Tira, põe, deixa Zé Pereira ficar (Take it out, put it in, let Zé Pereira stay)
Guerreiros com guerreiros fazem Zig Zig Zá (Warriors with warriors do Zig Zig Zá)
Guerreiros com guerreiros fazem Zig Zig Zá

(instrumental verse then repeat verse above)

These lines are heard in a deleted segment for Saludos Amigos which was scrapped during early production where the segment was based on the game where the player must pass objects to fellow participators in order to keep up in which Donald has a hard time playing the upbeat game:

Down in Brazil, there's a singsong game they play
When you hear this tune, it haunts you night and day
Just play it once and I'm sure that you will find
This quaint melody will linger in your mind

Down in Brazil, there's a wacky game they play
Click clack, over and back, you hear it night and day
Round and around, if you miss it, you're to blame
Click clack, over and back, that's the matchbox game

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Media
Saludos Amigos (video/soundtrack) • The Three Caballeros (video/soundtrack) • Walt Disney anthology seriesHouse of MouseMickey and the Roadster RacersSouth of the Border with DisneyWalt & El GrupoLegend of the Three Caballeros

Books: The Penguin That Hated the Cold

Disney Parks
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three CaballerosIt's a Small WorldMickey Mouse Revue

Entertainment: Let's Party Gras!Max LIVE: Gettin’ Goofy With ItQuacky Celebration ★ Donald the Legend!
Restaurants: Mickey & Pals Market Café
Parades: Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLightsDisney Adventure Friends CavalcadeDisney's Party ExpressMickey's Soundsational Parade
Fireworks: HarmoniousMickey's Mix Magic!Wonderful World of AnimationWondrous Journeys
Spring: Fashionable Easter
Summer: Soryo Kobu
Halloween: Goofy's Skeletoons Street Party
Christmas: Mickey's Most Merriest CelebrationWorld of Color: Season of LightThe Viva Navidad Street Party

Characters
Saludos Amigos: Donald DuckLlamaPedroMama PlanePapa PlaneSignal TowerCondorAconcaguaGoofyJosé CariocaStrange Birds
The Three Caballeros: Panchito PistolesPabloPenguinsAracuan BirdBurritoFlying GauchitoGauchosYayaToy Bull

Members of the Saludos Amigos Artist Tour: Walt DisneyFrank ThomasLee BlairMary BlairNorman FergusonCharles Wolcott • Jack Cutting • Lillian Disney • John Rose • James Bodrero • Janet Martin • William CottrellHerbert RymanTed SearsLarry LansburghJohn P. Miller • Hazel Cottrell • Webb Smith
Legend of the Three Caballeros: XandraDaisy DuckApril, May, and JuneBaron Von SheldgooseLord Felldrake SheldgooseLeopold the HorribleBaroness Von SheldgooseHumphrey the BearEugenia Ferdinand-FerdinandClinton CootPeteDonald's KettleLarry the MinotaurAstro MummiesMoon BotsJupiter, Venus, and MarsTermitesApolloMoai CommanderLava LizardsMoaiKing VomitGoblinsBaydoodiorSpike the BeeDapper DuckGeorge WashingtonAbraham LincolnThomas JeffersonTeddy RooseveltMonoHanzyClementinePriestessGods of Life and DeathKarasu TenguSheldgoose's AncestorsKing ArthurLancelot, Galahad, Kay, and BorsMerlinTyroneGaryYeti StaffMr. SpiritBlazebeak

Objects
Caballeros' AmuletsFelldrake's Staff Felldrake's RingSpark of LifeMagic MirrorsXandra's AtlasMystic BarrierWorld FruitXandra's Bow
Episodes
Legend of the Three Caballeros
"Dope-a Cabana" • "Labyrinth and Repeat" • "Pyramid-Life Crisis" • "World Tree Caballeros" • "No Man Is an Easter Island" • "Stonehenge Your Bets" • "Mount Rushmore (or Less)" • "Nazca Racing" • "Mexico à Go-Go" • "Mt. Fuji Whiz" • "Thanks a Camelot" • "Shangri-La-Di-Da" • "Sheldgoose Square Dance"
Songs
Saludos Amigos: Saludos AmigosLa Blanca PalomaEscravos de Jó Aquarela do BrasilTico-Tico no Fubá
The Three Caballeros: BaíaHave You Been to Baía?Pandeiro & FluteOs Quindins de YayáThe Three CaballerosLas PosadasMexicoJarabe PateñoLilongoYou Belong to My HeartLa ZandungaJesusita en Chihuahua
Legend of the Three Caballeros: Moai VacationGoblin JailDraw the LineShangri-La-Di-Da
Others: We Are The Three CaballerosMy Name is PanchitoPagode na Disney
Locations
South AmericaBrazilMexicoArgentinaChilePeruUruguay
Deleted Concepts
Pluto and the ArmadilloThe Laughing GauchitoCaxangaCuban CarnivalThe Hornero BirdBlame It on the SambaMiguelito Maracas