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Zorro Gris · Francisco Lomuto · 1927

Music by Rafael Tuegols, lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1920–2003.
1920: 1 · danced 0 times1927: 2 · danced 0 times1938: 1 · danced 1 times1941: 1 · danced 0 times1946: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 3 times1957: 2 · danced 1 times1969: 1 · danced 6 times1973: 1 · danced 3 times1985: 1 · danced 0 times1998: 1 · danced 0 times2003: 1 · danced 0 times
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’902003
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1920: 1, 0; 1927: 2, 0; 1938: 1, 1; 1941: 1, 0; 1946: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 3; 1957: 2, 1; 1969: 1, 6; 1973: 1, 3; 1985: 1, 0; 1998: 1, 0; 2003: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1920 and 1927. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

Zorro Gris · Francisco Lomuto · 1927 is a tango.† Zorro Gris · Francisco Lomuto · 1927 lasts 02:34.†

Credit

Music
Rafael Tuegols
Lyrics
Francisco García Jiménez

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

14 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 14
    3 dances
    1973
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Philips · Sep 1
    6 dances
    1969
  3. Enrique RodríguezInstrumental · Odeon · Mar 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1946
  4. Alfredo De AngelisOscar Larroca · Odeon · Jul 1
    3 dances
    1952
  5. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Columbia
    Not danced on film yet
    1920
  6. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  7. Francisco LomutoInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  8. Francisco LomutoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1941
  9. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Jan 31
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  10. Armando PontierInstrumental · CBS Columbia · Sep 30
    1 dance
    1957
  11. Orquesta El ArranqueInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1998
  12. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Apr 21
    1 dance
    1938
  13. Miguel VillasboasInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1985
  14. Orquesta Típica ImperialInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    2003
  15. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1920
  16. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1921
  17. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Apr 211938
  18. Roberto CalóNot in our catalogueCarlos Rivero1950
  19. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jan 311957
  20. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental1975

Lyrics

Español

Cuantas noches fatídicas de vicio tus ilusiones dulces de mujer, como las rosas de una loca orgía les deshojaste en el cabaret. Y tras la farsa del amor mentido al alejarte del Armenonville, era el intenso frío de tu alma lo que abrigabas con tu zorro gris. Al fingir carcajadas de gozo ante el oro fugaz del champán, reprimías adentro del pecho un deseo tenaz de llorar. Y al pensar, entre un beso y un tango, en tu humilde pasado feliz, ocultabas las lágrimas santas en los pliegues de tu zorro gris. Por eso toda tu angustiosa historia en esa prenda gravitando está. Ella guardó tus lágrimas sagradas, ella abrigó tu frío espiritual. Y cuando llegue en un cercano día a tus dolores el ansiado fin, todo el secreto de tu vida triste se quedará dentro del zorro gris.

English · machine translation

How many fateful nights of vice your sweet illusions of woman, like the roses of a mad orgy you stripped them in the cabaret. And after the farce of love's deceitful charade as you walked away from the Armenonville, it was the intense cold of your soul that you sheltered with your gray fox. As you feigned guffaws of joy at the fleeting gold of champagne, you repressed inside your chest a tenacious desire to cry. And thinking, between a kiss and a tango, of your humble happy past, you hid your holy tears in the folds of your gray fox. That's why all your anguished history is gravitating in that garment. She kept your holy tears, she sheltered your spiritual cold. And when in a near day the longed-for end the longed-for end to your pains, all the secret of your sad life will remain inside the gray fox.

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In other catalogues8

tango.info · 02480002200925-1-2

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tango.info · 02480002153429-1-1

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tango.info · 02480002335122-1-3

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tango.info · 02480002336181-1-3

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tango.info · 02480002111924-1-12

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tango.info · 02480002007319-1-1

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tango.info · 02480002101123-1-62

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tango.info · 02480002044222-1-19

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:34

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  1. Zorro GrisFrancisco Canaro1920

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