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Una canción · Orquesta Francini-Pontier · 1953

Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1953–1971.
1953: 5 · danced 8 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times1971: 1 · danced 17 times
1953’60’701971
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1953: 5, 8; 1968: 1, 0; 1971: 1, 17

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1953 and 1971.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Credit

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Catulo Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

1950’60’70

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloJorge Casal · TK
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  2. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedRoberto Goyeneche · RCA Victor · May 6
    17 dances
    1971
  3. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdRoberto Morel · Pampa · Aug 11
    8 dances
    1953
  4. Francisco CanaroMario Alonso · Odeon · Aug 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  5. José SalaAlfredo Belusi · Columbia · Oct 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  6. Orquesta Francini-PontierMario Lagos · Sep 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  7. Sexteto TangoJorge Maciel · Mar 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  8. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  9. Chola BoschNot in our catalogue1953
  10. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueMario Lagos · Sep 221953
  11. Nelly VázquezNot in our catalogue1964
  12. Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa · Mar 71981
  13. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  14. Luis FilipelliNot in our catalogue
  15. Nelly VázquezNot in our catalogue
  16. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  17. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  18. Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogueHoracio Deval
  19. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino
  20. Reinhard LangnickelNot in our catalogueFeline Lang

Lyrics

Español

La copa de alcohol hasta el final y en el final tu niebla, bodegón... Monótono y fatal me envuelve el acordeón con un vapor de tango que me hace mal... ¡A ver, mujer! Repite tu canción con esa voz gangosa de metal, que tiene olor a ron tu bata de percal y tiene gusto a miel tu corazón... Una canción que me mate la tristeza, que me duerma, que me aturda y en el frío de esta mesa vos y yo: los dos en curda... Los dos en curda y en la pena sensiblera que me da la borrachera yo te pido, cariñito, que me cantes como antes, despacito, despacito, tu canción una vez más... La dura desventura de los dos nos lleva al mismo rumbo, siempre igual, y es loco vendaval el viento de tu voz que silba la tortura del final... ¡A ver, mujer! Un poco más de ron y ciérrate la bata de percal que vi tu corazón desnudo en el cristal, temblando al escuchar esa canción...

English · machine translation

The glass of alcohol to the end and in the end your fog, still life... Monotonous and fatal the accordion envelops me with a tango vapor that makes me ill... Let's see, woman! Repeat your song with that metal gangly voice that smells of rum your percale robe and tastes like honey your heart... A song that kills my sadness, that will put me to sleep, that will stun me and in the cold of this table you and me: the two of us in curda... The two of us in curda and in the sentimental sorrow that the drunkenness gives me I ask you, my darling to sing to me like before, slowly, slowly, your song one more time... The hard misfortune of both of us leads us to the same course, always the same, and the wind of your voice the wind of your voice that whistles the torture of the end... Let's see, woman! A little more rum and close up your calico robe I saw your heart naked in the glass, trembling at the sound that song...

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  1. Una canciónEdgardo Donato · Roberto Morel1953

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