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El porteñito · Orquesta Típica Silencio · 2005

Music by Ángel Villoldo, lyrics by Ángel Villoldo. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1959.

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

  1. Alfredo E. GobbiNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1924
  2. Orquesta Típica VictorEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  3. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Sep 4 · tango.info1935
  4. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 31
    4 dances
    1937
  5. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Jun 6
    1 dance
    1941
  6. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jun 6 · tango.info1941
  7. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Mar 23
    26 dances
    1943
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril · tango.info1946
  9. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jul 27 · tango.info1949
  10. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoInstrumental · Nov 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  11. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Sep 24 · tango.info1952
  12. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1954
  13. Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1958
  14. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1958
  15. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Apr 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  16. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Apr 9 · tango.info1959
  17. Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 23 · tango.info1966
  18. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1975
  19. Color TangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1996
  20. Alberto CastilloNot in our cataloguetango.info

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

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

19281959

1928: 1, 1937: 1, 1941: 1, 1943: 1, 1951: 1, 1959: 1

No published facts yet. Facts appear here, each with its source, as they are collected.

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  1. El porteñitoOrquesta Típica Victor · no clip yet1928

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