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Garras · Aníbal Troilo · 1945

Aníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by José María Contursi. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–2014.

Who recorded it

Every version7

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1945

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1945
  2. Miguel CalóRaúl Iriarte · Raúl Ledesma19451967
  3. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán1945
  4. Orquesta Escuela de TangoNoelia Moncada2002
  5. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciEl Chino Laborde2014
  6. Atilio StamponeRoberto Goyeneche1972

Pinned at 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: Sentimental, 1944–1949

Garras · Aníbal Troilo · 1945 was sung by Alberto Marino.† Garras · Aníbal Troilo · 1945 is a tango.† Garras · Aníbal Troilo · 1945 lasts 03:22.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

124 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Words
José María Contursi
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Callejón sin luz esperándote... Frío... Sombras... Ansias de vivir para tu amor y no poder... Siento que la vida se me va... y no me lloras. Busco desolado tu calor... y aquí no estás. Agonía cruel... Luego soledad... Y después tu olvido. ¡Nada más! No pude más y en mi afán por llegar era un duende errabundo que se perdió sin poderte encontrar por las calles del mundo... Y me he quedado como un pájaro sin nido, como un niño abandonado, con mis penas que se agarran como garras y desgarran a mi corazón. Callejón sin luz... Noche sin final... Sombras... Frío... Gracias por venir con tu perdón y tu bondad... Ya mi pobre vida terminó... y estoy vacío, muerto para el mundo y para vos mi corazón. Agonía cruel... Luego soledad... Este llanto tuyo y nada más...

English · machine translation

Unlit alley waiting for you... Cold... Shadows... Longing to live for your love and not being able to... I feel that life is leaving me... and you don't cry for me. I look forlornly for your warmth... and here you are not. Cruel agony... Then loneliness... And then your oblivion. Nothing more! I couldn't take it anymore and in my eagerness to get there I was a wandering elf who got lost without being able to find you through the streets of the world... And I have remained like a bird without a nest, like an abandoned child, with my sorrows that clutch like claws and tear at my heart. Alley without light... Night without end... Shadows... Coldness... Thank you for coming with your forgiveness and your kindness... Now my poor life is over... and I'm empty, dead to the world and to you, my heart. Cruel agony... Then loneliness... This weeping of yours and nothing else...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 7 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1945 to 2014.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Garras · Aníbal Troilo · 1945 by year, taller the more they are danced · 7 of 7 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1945, with 81% of the 124 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedGarrasAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    100 dances · 81%
    1945
  3. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciGarrasOrquesta Típica Sans SouciEl Chino Labordetango
    7 dances · 6%
    2014
  4. Francisco CanaroGarrasFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1945
  5. Atilio StamponeGarrasAtilio StamponeRoberto Goyenechetango
    No match yet
    1972
  6. Orquesta Escuela de TangoGarrasOrquesta Escuela de TangoNoelia Moncadatango
    No match yet
    2002
  7. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque1945
  8. Virginia LuqueNot in our catalogue1968
  9. Maria De La FuenteNot in our catalogue1997
  10. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogue
  11. Virginia LuqueNot in our catalogue
  12. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Aníbal Troilo

GarrasAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 98 Performances

Lucas Gauto & Naima GerasopoulouWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2026Italian Tango Cup · 2025 · 3:42

Recorded the same day

What else Aníbal Troilo recorded on Feb 28, 1945.

  1. Yuyo verdeAníbal TroiloFloreal RuiztangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1945 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 2, 2012: 1, 2013: 6, 2014: 9, 2015: 9, 2016: 4, 2017: 9, 2018: 4, 2019: 6, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 6, 2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 5, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDiego Riemer & Belèn GiachelloMilonguero Nights · 2009
  2. The 2010sSebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezShanghai International Tango Marathon · 2015
  3. The 2020sLucas Gauto & Naima GerasopoulouItalian Tango Cup · 2025

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    2 performances
  2. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 12 complete sets on film

  1. Carlitos Espinoza and Noelia Hurtado

    2013 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1GarrasAníbal Troilo, 1945
    2. 2AnsiedadJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    3. 3MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Lola Ruiz and Pedro Ochoa

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1GarrasAníbal Troilo, 1945
    2. 2El vals soñadorMiguel Caló, 1942
    3. 3Silueta porteñaHéctor Varela, 1956
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Lorena Ermocida and Pancho Martinez Pey

    Viva La Pepa, 2015 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1GarrasAníbal Troilo, 1945
    2. 2Mala juntaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 1998
    3. 3Milonga que peina canasMiguel Caló, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Milonga del recuerdoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2CastigoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3La vida es una milongaPedro Laurenz, 1941 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4Parque PatriciosFrancisco Lomuto, 1941 · danced together in 3 Performances
  5. 5MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6Cabeza de noviaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8Con todo mi corazónJuan D'Arienzo, 1946 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9A mis viejosAníbal Troilo, 1963 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Nochero soyOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues9

tango.info · 00743215214823-1-14

tango.info · 00828766334425-1-3

tango.info · 00743212091021-1-21

tango.info · 02480002030706-1-2

tango.info · 08427328133111-1-12

tango.info · 04024236204052-1-9

tango.info · 05204833007204-1-7

tango.info · 00743214137123-1-17

tango.info · 02480002102342-1-11

Singers1

Sung by Alberto Marino

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:22

Audio feature15

Audio feature 120.2

Audio feature 0.927

Audio feature C

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.858

Audio feature -21.6

Audio feature 0.328

Audio feature 0.165

Audio feature 0.332

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.667

Audio feature 120.5

Audio feature 60.3

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. GarrasAníbal TroiloAlberto Marino

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