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Catamarca · Julio De Caro · 1940

Julio De Carotango
Music by Eduardo Arolas, lyrics by Jesús Fernández Blanco. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1940

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1969
  2. Carlos Di Sarli1940
  3. Francisco Lomuto1943
  4. Julio De Caro1940

Pinned at 1940 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Julio De Caro recordings indexed 1924–1953 · gold: After Laurenz, 1934–1943

The song

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4 orchestras recorded it

29 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Arolas
Words
Jesús Fernández Blanco
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Hoy quisiera retornar al suelo que nací, lejana Catamarca, que me vio partir, mientras la chura hermosa, pegadita a mí, lloraba silenciosa... Hoy que el mundo conocí y el triunfo conquisté, recuerdo entristecido el amor feliz y el vallecito lindo donde yo canté ¡la dicha de vivir!... Muy rico de ilusiones, muy pobre de experiencia, las raudas alas loco desplegué, pero fue visión lo que yo soñé... Y en mis meditaciones me dice la conciencia que al vallecito tengo que volver ¡para revivir mi ayer!... Si se viviera dos veces jamás me alejaría de donde pasó mi niñez, donde nació mi alegría. ¡Allí donde amaba, cantaba y reía!... Sueño vivir con mi amada en la nativa fronda, mirando sus ojos de sol, de una ternura tan honda que nadie ni nada de mi alma borró...

English · machine translation

Today I would like to return to the soil where I was born, faraway Catamarca, that saw me leave, while the beautiful chura, close to me, wept silently... Today that I knew the world and the triumph I conquered, I remember saddened the happy love and the pretty little valley where I sang the joy of living!... Very rich in illusions, very poor in experience, I spread out my crazy wings, but it was vision that I dreamed of... And in my meditations my conscience tells me that I must return to the little valley to relive my yesterday!... If I were to live twice I would never move away from where my childhood was spent, where my joy was born. There where I loved, sang and laughed!... I dream of living with my beloved in the native forest, gazing into her sunny eyes, of a tenderness so deep that no one or nothing erased from my soul...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1940 to 1969.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Catamarca · Julio De Caro · 1940 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoCatamarcaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1969
  2. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdMost dancedCatamarcaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    29 dances
    1940
  3. Francisco LomutoCatamarcaFrancisco LomutoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1943
  4. Julio De CaroCatamarcaJulio De Carotango
    No match yet
    1940
  5. Enrique AlessioNot in our catalogueMay 171950
  6. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  7. Mario Alberto PardoNot in our catalogue

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Julio De Caro

CatamarcaJulio De Carotango

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