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Campo afuera · 1979

Nelly Omarmilonga
Music by Rodolfo Biagi, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1970.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Rodolfo Biagi, 1939

  1. Rodolfo BiagiTeófilo Ibáñez1939
  2. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1940
  3. Trío YumbaHugo Duval1970

Pinned at 1979 · Nuevo 1955–1984

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

239 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Rodolfo Biagi
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Ya sé que me has olvidado. Ya sé que te fuiste lejos. Ya sé que con mis consejos no te voy a enderezar. Ya sé que no hay más destino que abrir todas las tranqueras y galopar campo afuera para poder olvidar. Ya ves, me han dejado triste tus ojos engañadores. Ya ves, coseché dolores al arar tu soledad. No sé si al verme tan lejos tendrás arrepentimientos. No sé... pero lo presiento que al fin me vas a llorar. Cuando palpité tu olvido, cuando vi que estabas ida quise amarrarte a mi vida con un tiento de ilusión. Y al comprender que eras otra, que no eras mi compañera, busqué rumbear campo afuera para engañar el amor. No quiero alardear de fuerte ¡diciendo que te he olvidado! Sé que estarás a mi lado caliente como un rencor. Pero si existe el castigo de recordar lo pasado, ese castigo obligado lo sufriremos los dos.

English · machine translation

I know you've forgotten me. I know that you went far away. I know that with my advice I'm not going to straighten you out. I already know that there is no other destiny but to open all the gates and gallop out into the countryside in order to forget. You see, your deceitful eyes your deceitful eyes. You see, I reaped pains by plowing your loneliness. I don't know if seeing me so far away you will have regrets. I don't know... but I can feel it that at last you're going to cry for me. When I felt your oblivion, when I saw that you were gone I wanted to tie you to my life with a touch of illusion. And when I realized that you were someone else, that you were not my companion, I sought to roam the countryside to deceive love. I don't want to boast of being strong saying that I've forgotten you! I know you'll be by my side hot as a grudge. But if there is a punishment of remembering the past that forced punishment we will both suffer it.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1939 to 1970.
1930’40’50’60’70
Recordings of Campo afuera · 1979 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 Rodolfo Biagi, 1939, with 91% of the 239 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

22 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. Rodolfo BiagiEarliest we holdMost dancedCampo afueraRodolfo BiagiTeófilo IbáñezmilongaOdeon
    217 dances · 91%
    1939
  2. Edgardo DonatoCampo afueraEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagosmilongaRCA Victor
    22 dances · 9%
    1940
  3. Trío YumbaCampo afueraTrío YumbaHugo DuvalmilongaCBS Harmony
    No match yet
    1970
  4. José CanetNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1981
  5. Trío GarufaNot in our catalogue2004
  6. Rosanna FalascaNot in our catalogue
  7. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
  8. Carlos HerediaNot in our catalogue

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