Song
El porteñito · Orquesta Típica Silencio · 2005
Credit
- Music
- Ángel Villoldo
- Lyrics
- Ángel Villoldo
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 29 more we know of
- Alfredo E. GobbiNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1924
- Orquesta Típica VictorEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 26Not danced on film yet1928
- Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Sep 4 · tango.info1935
- Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 314 dances1937
- Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Jun 61 dance1941
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jun 6 · tango.info1941
- Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Mar 2326 dances1943
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril · tango.info1946
- Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jul 27 · tango.info1949
- Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoInstrumental · Nov 7Not danced on film yet1951
- Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Sep 24 · tango.info1952
- Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1954
- Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1958
- Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1958
- Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Apr 9Not danced on film yet1959
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Apr 9 · tango.info1959
- Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 23 · tango.info1966
- Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1975
- Color TangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1996
- Alberto CastilloNot in our cataloguetango.info
Lyrics
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Soy hijo de Buenos Aires, por apodo 'El porteñito', el criollo más compadrito que en esta tierra nació. Cuando un tango en la vigüela rasguea algún compañero no hay nadie en el mundo entero que baile mejor que yo. No hay ninguno que me iguale para enamorar mujeres, puro hablar de pareceres, puro filo y nada más. Y al hacerle la encarada la fileo de cuerpo entero asegurando el puchero con el que dará. Soy el terror del malevaje cuando en un baile me meto, porque a ninguno respeto de los que hay en la reunión. Y si alguno se retoba y viene haciéndose el guapo lo mando de un castañazo a buscar quien lo engrupió. Cuando el ya escasea le formo un cuento a mi china que es la más ladina que pisó el barrio del sur. Y como caído del cielo entra el níquel al bolsillo y al compás de un organillo bailo el tango a su 'salú'.
English · machine translation
I am a son of Buenos Aires, by nickname 'El porteñito', the most compadrito criollo who was born in this land. When a tango in the reed strummed by some fellow there is no one in the whole world who dances better than me. There's no one who can match me for making women fall in love, pure talk of opinions, pure edge and nothing more. And when I face her I fillet her full body assuring the pot with the wind that it will give. I'm the terror of the wicked when I get into a dance, because I respect no one of those in the gathering. And if any of them frolic and comes in pretending to be handsome I send him off with a chestnut to look for the one who has made him a fool. When the wind is scarce I make up a story for my china who is the most ladina paica who ever set foot in the southern neighborhood. And as if it fell from the sky the nickel enters my pocket and to the beat of a barrel organ I dance the tango to her 'salú'.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings by year
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
1928: 1, 1937: 1, 1941: 1, 1943: 1, 1951: 1, 1959: 1
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