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El flete · Francisco Canaro · 1928

Music by Vicente Greco, lyrics by Pascual Contursi. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1966.
1928: 1 · danced 7 times1930: 1 · danced 0 times1936: 1 · danced 303 times1939: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 2 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times
1928’40’50’601966
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1928: 1, 7; 1930: 1, 0; 1936: 1, 303; 1939: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 2; 1966: 1, 0

  1. Juan D'Arienzo’s 1936 version holds 97% of its dancing (303 of 312).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 6 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

El flete · Francisco Canaro · 1928: recorded in Francisco Canaro and 1930-09-16.

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Credit

Music
Vicente Greco
Lyrics
Pascual Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Apr 3
    303 dances
    1936
  2. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Columbia · Apr 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Feb 7
    7 dances
    1928
  4. Héctor VarelaInstrumental · Jun 9
    2 dances
    1952
  5. Orquesta Típica PorteñaInstrumental · Sep 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1930
  6. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Mar 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1939
  7. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1914
  8. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1916
  9. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Mar 301939
  10. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Dec 41950
  11. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  12. Jorge ArduhNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  13. Pablo AslanNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  14. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  15. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  16. La TubatangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Lyrics

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

Se acabaron los pesaos, patoteros y mentaos de coraje y decisión. Se acabaron los malos de taleros y de palos, fariñeras y . Se acabaron los de faca y todos la van de araca cuando llega la ocasión. Porque al de más copete lo catan y le dan flete pa' la otra población. Esos taitas que tenían la mujer de prepotencia, la van de pura decencia y no ganan pa'l bullón. Nadie se hace el pata ancha ni su pecho ensancha de puro , porque al de más copete lo catan y le dan flete pa' la otra población.

English · machine translation

No more pesaos, and the patooties and the of courage and decision. No more bad guys of taleros and sticks, fariñeras and facon. No more faca and everyone goes araca when the occasion arises. Because the one with the most they catan him and give him freight to the other town. Those taitas who had the woman of arrogance, they go with pure decency and they don't win for the bullón. No one plays the wide-legged nor does his chest widen of pure compadron, because the one with the most wealth they catan him and give him freight to the other town.

Danced to it

Music from 1928 · danced on film 2012–2023

20122023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2021: 2, 2023: 1

Martha Anton & Manolo Salvador Ella2013 · 3:55

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sMartha Anton & Manolo Salvador Ella2013
  2. The 2020sMartha Anton & Gallego Manolo2021

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Recordings2

Recorded by Francisco Canaro1928

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Recorded in September 16, 1930

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  1. El fleteFrancisco Canaro1928

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