Song
La casita de mis viejos · Orquesta Forever Tango · 2013
Credit
- Music
- Juan Carlos Cobián
- Lyrics
- Enrique Cadícamo
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 22 more we know of
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental1930
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental1931
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental1932
- Juan Carlos CobianEarliest we holdMost dancedJosé Balbi35 dances1944
- Florindo SassoneCarlos Malbran · RCA Victor · Apr 27Not danced on film yet1950
- Osvaldo FresedoHéctor Pacheco · Columbia · Sep 181 dance1952
- Lucio DemareInstrumental · Pampa · Jan 27Not danced on film yet1953
- Horacio Salgán OrchestraEdmundo Rivero · Antar-Telefunken (Montevideo) · Jul 17Not danced on film yet1957
- Armando PontierJulio Sosa · CBS Columbia · Aug 12Not danced on film yet1958
- Los Astros Del TangoInstrumental · Music HallNot danced on film yet1958
- Jorge VidalNot in our catalogueAug 91960
- Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueInstrumental1961
- Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Apr 151961
- Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jun 71961
- Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel · Philips · Apr 110 dances1965
- Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · PhilipsNot danced on film yet1969
- Hugo DíazNot in our catalogueInstrumental1973
- Orquesta Típica ImperialInstrumentalNot danced on film yet2007
- Orquesta Forever TangoInstrumentalNot danced on film yet2013
- Matilde VitulloInstrumental · Jul 1Not danced on film yet2019
Lyrics
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Barrio tranquilo de mi ayer, como un triste atardecer, a tu esquina vuelvo viejo... Vuelvo más viejo, la vida me ha cambiado... en mi cabeza un poco de plata me ha dejado. Yo fui viajero del dolor y en mi andar de soñador comprendí mi mal de vida, y cada beso lo borré con una copa, las mujeres siempre son las que matan la ilusión. (en un juego de ilusión repartí mi corazón.) Vuelvo vencido a la casita de mis viejos, cada cosa es un recuerdo que se agita en mi memoria, mis veinte abriles me llevaron lejos… locuras juveniles, la falta de consejo. Hay en la casa un hondo y cruel silencio huraño, y al golpear, como un extraño, me recibe el viejo criado… Habré cambiado totalmente, que el anciano por la voz tan sólo me reconoció. Pobre viejita la encontré enfermita; yo le hablé y me miró con unos ojos… Con esos ojos nublados por el llanto como diciéndome porqué tardaste tanto… Ya nunca más he de partir y a tu lado he de sentir el calor de un gran cariño… Sólo una madre nos perdona en esta vida, es la única verdad, es mentira lo demás.
English · machine translation
Quiet neighborhood of my yesterday, like a sad sunset, to your corner I return old... I come back older, life has changed me... in my head a little silver has left me. I was a traveler of pain and in my dreamer's wanderings I understood my evil of life, and every kiss I erased with a drink, women are always the ones who kill the illusion. (in a game of illusion I divided my heart). I return defeated to my parents' house, each thing is a memory that stirs in my memory, my twenty years took me far away... youthful follies, the lack of advice. There is in the house a deep and cruel sullen silence, and when I knock, like a stranger, I am received by the old servant... I must have changed so much, that the old man by my voice only recognized me. Poor old lady, I found her sick; I spoke to her and she looked at me with eyes... With those eyes clouded with tears as if telling me why it took you so long... I will never leave again and by your side I will feel the warmth of a great affection... Only a mother forgives us in this life, is the only truth, everything else is a lie.
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
1944: 1, 1950: 1, 1952: 1, 1953: 1, 1957: 1, 1958: 2, 1965: 1, 1969: 1, 2007: 1, 2013: 1, 2019: 1
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