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Farol · José Basso · 1967

Music by Virgilio Expósito, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1967.
1943: 2 · danced 128 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times
1943’50’601967
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1943: 2, 128; 1967: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1943 version holds 94% of its dancing (121 of 128).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 3 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Farol · José Basso · 1967 was sung by Alfredo Belusi.†

Credit

Music
Virgilio Expósito
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Sep 30
    7 dances
    1943
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedRoberto Chanel · Odeon · Jul 15
    121 dances
    1943
  3. José BassoAlfredo Belusi · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  4. Miguel MonteroNot in our catalogue
  5. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  6. -unspecified male-Not in our catalogue
  7. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
  8. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

Lyrics

Español

Un arrabal con casas que reflejan su dolor de lata... Un arrabal humano con leyendas que se cantan como tangos... Y allá un reloj que lejos da las dos de la mañana... Un arrabal obrero, una esquina de recuerdos y un farol... Farol, las cosas que ahora se ven... Farol ya no es lo mismo que ayer... La sombra, hoy se escapa a tu mirada, y me deja más tristona la mitad de mi cortada. Tu luz, con el tango en el bolsillo fue perdiendo luz y brillo y es una cruz... Allí conversa el cielo con los sueños de un millón de obreros.. Allí murmura el viento los poemas populares de Carriego, y cuando allá a lo lejos dan las dos de la mañana, el arrabal parece que se duerme repitiéndole al farol...

English · machine translation

A suburb with houses that reflect its tin pain... A human suburb with legends that are sung like tangos... And over there a clock that far away two o'clock in the morning... A working-class suburb, a corner of memories and a lantern... Lantern, the things you can see now... Lantern is no longer the same as yesterday... The shadow, today escapes your gaze, and leaves me sadder half of my cut. Your light, with the tango in my pocket was losing light and brightness and it is a cross... There the sky converses with the dreams of a million workers... There the wind murmurs the popular poems of Carriego, and when there in the distance two o'clock in the morning the suburb seems that it falls asleep repeating to the streetlamp...

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The day it was recorded.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Alfredo Belusi

Single source

Listen

  1. FarolOsvaldo Pugliese · Roberto Chanel1943

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