Menina do alto da serra
Menina do alto da serra, also known in Portugal just as Menina and for this reason sometimes entitled Menina , was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, performed in Portuguese by Tonicha.
The song is a ballad, with Tonicha describing a simple country girl. She presents the girl as an ideal to which everyone should aspire in their lives.
The song was performed fifteenth on the night, following the Netherlands' Saskia & Serge with "Tijd" and preceding Yugoslavia's Kruno Slabinac with "Tvoj dječak je tužan". At the close of voting, it had received 83 points, placing 9th in a field of 18.
It was succeeded as Portuguese representative at the 1972 contest by Carlos Mendes with "A festa da vida".
