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Mocosita · Pedro Laurenz y Pedro Maffia · 1926

Pedro Laurenz y Pedro Maffiasinger unknowntango
Music by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, lyrics by Víctor Soliño. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1925–1952.

Pinned at 1926 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934

Mocosita · Pedro Laurenz y Pedro Maffia · 1926: Another bandoneón duo from when Maffia and Laurenz still played together, prized for how distinctly their two personalities come through.†

The song

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5 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Words
Víctor Soliño
Written
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First played
1925, Montevideo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue · the premiere

Lyrics

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Vencido, con el alma amargada, sin esperanzas, saciado de la vida, solloza en su el pobre , sin hallar un consuelo a su dolor. Colgada de un clavo, la guitarra... en un rincón la tiene abandonada... De sus amigos ya no le importa nada... Tirado en la no hace más que llorar. En alguna ocasión sólo se escucha esta canción: 'Mocosita, no me dejés morir, volvé al , que no puedo vivir. ¡Si supieras las veces que he soñado que de nuevo te tenía a mi lado! Mocosita, no seas tan cruel, no me abandones... Quiero verte otra vez... Mocosita, no me dejes, que me mata poco a poco tu desdén.' Dormía tranquilo el conventillo, nada turbaba el silencio de la noche cuando se oyó sonar allá en la oscuridad el disparo de una bala fatal. Corrieron ansiosos los vecinos que presentían el final de aquel drama y se encontraron, tirado en una cama, en un charco de sangre, al pobre . Pero, antes de morir, alguien le oyó cantar así: 'Mocosita, no me dejés morir, volvé al , que no puedo vivir. ¡Si supieras las veces que he soñado que de nuevo te tenía a mi lado! Mocosita, no seas tan cruel, no me abandones... Quiero verte otra vez... Mocosita, no me dejes, que me mata poco a poco tu desdén.'

English · machine translation

Defeated, with a bitter soul, hopeless, satiated with life, sobs in his bulín the poor payador without finding any consolation for his pain. Hanging on a nail, the guitar... In a corner he keeps it abandoned... Of his friends he no longer cares for anything... Lying in the cot, he does nothing but weep. On some occasions he only listens to this song: 'Mocosita, don't let me die, go back to the cotorro, I can't live. If you only knew how many times I have dreamed that I had you by my side again! Snotty, don't be so cruel, don't abandon me... I want to see you again... Snotty, don't leave me, your disdain is killing me little by little.' The tenement slept peacefully, nothing disturbed the silence of the night when it was heard ringing there in the darkness the sound of a fatal bullet. The neighbors ran anxiously who sensed the end of that drama and found him lying on a bed, in a pool of blood, the poor payador. But, before dying, someone heard him sing like this: 'Mocosita, don't let me die, go back to the cotorro, I can't live. If you only knew how many times I dreamt that I had you by my side again! Snotty, don't be so cruel, don't abandon me... I want to see you again... Snotty, don't leave me, your disdain is killing me little by little.'

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The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1925 to 1952.
1920’30’40’50
Recordings of Mocosita · Pedro Laurenz y Pedro Maffia · 1926 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 11 more we know of

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  1. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedMocositaAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1949
  2. Típica VictorMocositaTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1926
  3. Julio De CaroEarliest we holdMocositaJulio De Carosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1925
  4. Eduardo Del PianoMocositaEduardo Del PianoHéctor de Rosastango
    No match yet
    1952
  5. Francisco PracánicoNot in our catalogue1926
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1926
  7. -unspecified guitars-, Eduardo PereyraNot in our catalogueRosita Quiroga · Apr 81926
  8. Pedro Laurenz, Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueNov 241926
  9. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1953
  10. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue1963
  11. Floreal RuízNot in our catalogue
  12. Lidia BordaNot in our catalogue
  13. Imperio ArgentinaNot in our catalogue
  14. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  15. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue

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Notes1

Another bandoneón duo from when Maffia and Laurenz still played together, prized for how distinctly their two personalities come through.

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  1. MocositaJulio De Carosinger unknown

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