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Song

Farol · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1943

Osvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChaneltangoOdeon
Music by Virgilio Expósito, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1967.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1943

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino1943
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel1943
  3. José BassoAlfredo Belusi1967

Pinned at 1943 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Pugliese recordings indexed 1943–1986 · gold: Early years, 1943–1945

Farol · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1943 was sung by Roberto Chanel.† Farol · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1943 is a tango.† Farol · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1943 lasts 03:20.† Farol · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1943: Lavocah uses its electric-light lyric to talk about how the new technology changed Buenos Aires.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

129 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Virgilio Expósito
Words
Homero Expósito
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Un arrabal con casas que reflejan su dolor de lata... Un arrabal humano con leyendas que se cantan como tangos... Y allá un reloj que lejos da las dos de la mañana... Un arrabal obrero, una esquina de recuerdos y un farol... Farol, las cosas que ahora se ven... Farol ya no es lo mismo que ayer... La sombra, hoy se escapa a tu mirada, y me deja más tristona la mitad de mi cortada. Tu luz, con el tango en el bolsillo fue perdiendo luz y brillo y es una cruz... Allí conversa el cielo con los sueños de un millón de obreros.. Allí murmura el viento los poemas populares de Carriego, y cuando allá a lo lejos dan las dos de la mañana, el arrabal parece que se duerme repitiéndole al farol...

English · machine translation

A suburb with houses that reflect its tin pain... A human suburb with legends that are sung like tangos... And over there a clock that far away two o'clock in the morning... A working-class suburb, a corner of memories and a lantern... Lantern, the things you can see now... Lantern is no longer the same as yesterday... The shadow, today escapes your gaze, and leaves me sadder half of my cut. Your light, with the tango in my pocket was losing light and brightness and it is a cross... There the sky converses with the dreams of a million workers... There the wind murmurs the popular poems of Carriego, and when there in the distance two o'clock in the morning the suburb seems that it falls asleep repeating to the streetlamp...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1943 to 1967.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Farol · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1943 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1943, with 95% of the 129 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

2 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedFarolOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChaneltangoOdeon
    122 dances · 95%
    1943
  2. Aníbal TroiloFarolAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    7 dances · 5%
    1943
  3. José BassoFarolJosé BassoAlfredo BelusitangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1967
  4. Miguel MonteroNot in our catalogue
  5. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  6. -unspecified male-Not in our catalogue
  7. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
  8. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

FarolOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChaneltangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 127 Performances

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20053:34

Recorded the same day

What else Osvaldo Pugliese recorded on Jul 15, 1943.

  1. El rodeoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 3, 2009: 1, 2010: 5, 2011: 3, 2012: 2, 2013: 3, 2014: 4, 2015: 5, 2016: 7, 2017: 4, 2018: 7, 2019: 6, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 9, 2023: 7, 2024: 7, 2025: 5, 2026: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDiego Riemer & Maria BélenBrussels Tango Festival · 2008
  2. The 2010sSebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez2018
  3. The 2020sSebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    2 performances
  2. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  3. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance
  4. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance

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.

3 of 9 complete sets on film

  1. Magdalena Myszka and Szymon Nowak

    2018 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Tú, el cielo y túCarlos Di Sarli, 1944
    2. 2NadaRodolfo Biagi, 1944
    3. 3Soñar y nada masAlfredo De Angelis, 1944
    4. 4FarolOsvaldo Pugliese, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Cristina Sosa and Daniel Nacucchio

    Viva La Pepa, 2015 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1MaldonadoPedro Laurenz, 1943
    2. 2FarolOsvaldo Pugliese, 1943
    3. 3JudasJuan D'Arienzo, 1942
    4. 4Corrientes y EsmeraldaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Carla Rossi and Jose Luis Salvo

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1VivianiCarlos Di Sarli, 1956
    2. 2A unos ojosAníbal Troilo, 1949
    3. 3La espuelaJuan D'Arienzo, 1946
    4. 4FarolOsvaldo Pugliese, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1B. B.Aníbal Troilo, 1963 · danced together in 4 Performances
  2. 2Milonga del recuerdoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3Pensalo bienJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951 · danced together in 3 Performances
  5. 5PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8Color cieloJuan D'Arienzo, 1944 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9En el rosalJuan D'Arienzo, 1957 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10JudasJuan D'Arienzo, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues21

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Singers1

Sung by Roberto Chanel

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:20

Notes1

Lavocah uses its electric-light lyric to talk about how the new technology changed Buenos Aires.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. FarolOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel

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