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Tomo y obligo · 1931

Music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1969.
1931: 1 · danced 0 times1943: 1 · danced 4 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times1969: 1 · danced 1 times
1931’40’50’601969
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1931: 1, 0; 1943: 1, 4; 1951: 1, 0; 1966: 1, 0; 1969: 1, 1

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1931 and 1969.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Credit

Music
Carlos Gardel
Lyrics
Manuel Romero

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 16 more we know of

1930’40’50’60

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Jun 10
    4 dances
    1943
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCharlo · Odeon · Oct 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1931
  3. Francisco CanaroArgentino Ledesma · Odeon · Nov 26
    1 dance
    1969
  4. José BassoJorge Durán · Odeon · Sep 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  5. Florindo SassoneMario Bustos · Odeon · Mar 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  6. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1929
  7. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1931
  8. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo BarbieriNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Sep 281931
  9. Ismael SpitalnikNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Aug 61946
  10. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  11. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental · May 151968
  12. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1974
  13. Al TangoNot in our cataloguePiotr Rafałko2006
  14. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  15. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue
  16. Enrique DumasNot in our catalogue
  17. Oscar AlonsoNot in our catalogue
  18. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  19. Barnabás von GéczyNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  20. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueCarlos Roldán

Lyrics

Español

Tomo y obligo, mándese un trago, que hoy necesito el recuerdo matar; sin un amigo lejos del pago quiero en su pecho mi pena volcar. Beba conmigo, y si se empaña de vez en cuando mi voz al cantar, no es que la llore porque me engaña, yo sé que un hombre no debe llorar. Si los pastos conversaran, esta pampa le diría de qué modo la quería, con qué fiebre la adoré. Cuántas veces de rodillas, tembloroso, yo me he hincado bajo el árbol deshojado donde un día la besé. Y hoy al verla envilecida y a otros brazos entregada, fue para mí una puñalada y de celos me cegué, y le juro, todavía no consigo convencerme como pude contenerme y ahí nomás no la maté. Tomo y obligo, mándese un trago; de las mujeres mejor no hay que hablar, todas, amigo, dan muy mal pago y hoy mi experiencia lo puede afirmar. Siga un consejo, no se enamore y si una vuelta le toca hocicar, fuerza, canejo, sufra y no llore que un hombre macho no debe llorar.

English · machine translation

I take and oblige, send yourself a drink, today I need the memory to kill; without a friend far from payment I want to pour my sorrow into your breast. Drink with me, and if my voice my voice from time to time when I sing, it is not that I weep for it deceives me, I know that a man should not cry. If the grasses were to talk, this pampa would tell her how I loved her, with what fever I adored her. How many times on my knees, trembling, I have knelt under the leafless tree where one day I kissed her. And today, seeing her debased and surrendered to other arms, was for me a stab and a stab in the back, it was a stab in the back for me and I was blinded by jealousy, and I swear to you, I still can't convince myself how I could restrain myself and not kill her. I drink and I oblige, send yourself a drink; it's better not to talk about women, all of them, my friend, give very bad pay and today my experience can affirm it. Take a piece of advice, don't fall in love and if you have to take a turn, be strong, my friend, suffer and don't cry. a macho man should not cry.

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  1. Tomo y obligoFrancisco Canaro · Charlo1931

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