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Tristeza marina · José Garcia · 1943

José GarciaAlfredo Rojastango
Music by José Dames, Roberto Flores, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–2020.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: José Garcia, 1943

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1943
  2. Francisco CanaroEduardo Adrian1943
  3. José GarciaAlfredo Rojas1943
  4. José BassoQuique Ojeda1986
  5. Orquesta Típica SilencioHernán Genovese2020

Pinned at 1943 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · José Garcia recordings indexed 1942–1945

Tristeza marina · José Garcia · 1943 was sung by Alfredo Rojas.† Tristeza marina · José Garcia · 1943 is a tango.† Tristeza marina · José Garcia · 1943 lasts 02:56.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

110 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José Dames, Roberto Flores
Words
Horacio Sanguinetti
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Tú quieres más el mar, me dijo con dolor y el cristal de su voz se quebró. Recuerdo su mirar con luz de anochecer y esta frase como una obsesión: 'Tienes que elegir entre tu mar y mi amor'. Yo le dije: 'No' y ella dijo: 'Adiós'. Su nombre era Margó, llevaba boina azul y en su pecho colgaba una cruz. Mar... Mar, hermano mío... Mar... En tu inmensidad hundo con mi barco carbonero mi destino prisionero y mi triste soledad. Mar... Yo no tengo a nadie. Mar... Ya ni tengo amor. Sé que cuando al puerto llegue un día esperando no estará Margó. Mi pena es tempestad que azota el corazón con el viento feroz del dolor. Jamás la olvidaré y siempre escucharé sus palabras como una obsesión: 'Tienes que elegir entre tu mar y mi amor'. Triste, dije: 'No' y escuché su adiós... Su nombre era Margó, llevaba boina azul y en su pecho colgaba una cruz.

English · machine translation

You want the sea more, he said to me with pain and the crystal of his voice broke. I remember her gaze with evening light and this phrase as an obsession: 'You have to choose between your sea and my love.' I said: 'No'. and she said: 'Goodbye'. Her name was Margó, she wore a blue beret and on her chest hung a cross. Mar... Mar, my brother... Sea... In your immensity I sink with my coal ship my imprisoned destiny and my sad loneliness. Sea... I have no one. Sea... I don't even have love anymore. I know that when I arrive at the port one day Margó won't be waiting for me. My sorrow is a storm that whips the heart with the fierce wind of pain. I will never forget her and I will always listen her words as an obsession: 'You have to choose between your sea and my love.' Sad, I said: 'No' and I listened to her goodbye... Her name was Margó, she wore a blue beret and on his chest hung a cross.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1943 to 2020.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20
Recordings of Tristeza marina · José Garcia · 1943 by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

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

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, 1943, with 87% of the 110 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedTristeza marinaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
    96 dances · 87%
    1943
  2. José GarciaEarliest we holdTristeza marinaJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango
    14 dances · 13%
    1943
  3. Francisco CanaroTristeza marinaFrancisco CanaroEduardo AdriantangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1943
  4. José BassoTristeza marinaJosé BassoQuique Ojedatango
    No match yet
    1986
  5. Orquesta Típica SilencioTristeza marinaOrquesta Típica SilencioHernán Genovesetango
    No match yet
    2020
  6. Roberto FloresNot in our catalogue1943
  7. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogueAug 111943
  8. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Aug 111943
  9. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDalva de Oliveira · May 201957
  10. Los Solistas de D'ArienzoNot in our catalogueWalter Gutiérrez1984
  11. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  12. Porfirio DíazNot in our catalogue
  13. Orquesta Típica Gente de tangoNot in our catalogueHéctor Morano

One recording

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

José Garcia

Tristeza marinaJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 13 Performances

Maximiliano Cristiani & Jesica ArfenoniWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20132:49

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2009–2026

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

2009: 1, 2010: 2, 2011: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sOliver Kolker & Silvina Valz2009
  2. The 2010sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2010
  3. The 2020sPiotr Bochiński & Joanna Jabłońska2026

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Andres Bravo and Carolina Jaurena

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Tristeza marinaJosé Garcia, 1943
    2. 2Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    3. 3Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Joanna Jabłońska and Piotr Bochiński

    2026 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1947
    2. 2El internadoJuan D'Arienzo, 1950
    3. 3Tristeza marinaJosé Garcia, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues8

tango.info · 00724354170126-1-12

tango.info · 08427328131186-1-8

tango.info · 02480002007562-1-2

tango.info · 02480002031789-1-2

tango.info · 02480002031796-1-8

tango.info · 02480002107927-1-6

tango.info · 02480002152699-1-2

tango.info · 02480002729273-1-1

Singers1

Sung by Alfredo Rojas

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:56

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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