The Cabeceo

Skip to content

Song

Barro · Alberto Morán · 1968

Alberto MoránAlberto Morantango
Music by Osvaldo Pugliese, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1952.

Pinned at 1968 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Alberto Morán recordings indexed 1954–1970

The work

this section is not yet written

Music
Osvaldo Pugliese
Lyrics
Horacio Sanguinetti

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1951 to 1952.

this section is not yet written

1950
Recordings of Barro · Alberto Morán · 1968 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1951, with 100% of the 105 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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 dancedBarroOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
    105 dances · 100%
    1951
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseBarroOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1952

Lyrics

Español

Para qué continuar si vivir es llorar. Mi corazón se encuentra mancillado porque el barro lo ha salpicado. Es mi afán, olvidar, nada más que olvidar que Dios me dio por nombre flores mustias, sólo angustia y soledad. Que soporté miserias y dolor en esta lucha cruel del hombre, si ayer nomás con lava una mujer burlándose manchó mi nombre. Y al buscar amistad, encontré falsedad, que solo hallé en cien bocas pintadas, carcajadas del carnaval. Solamente un milagro de amor me haría resucitar, si a mi alma que sus puertas cerró pudiera un alma llamar. Si a la nieve de mis penas dos manos buenas la borraran de mi. Sino será mejor morir. Mi juventud la empapo con alcohol quedando mi dolor en calma. Quién pensará que traigo al tambalear sereno el corazón y el alma. Para qué recordar, es mejor olvidar que siempre fue mi vida toda fango como un tango del arrabal.

English · machine translation

Why continue if to live is to cry. My heart is stained because the mud has splashed it. It is my eagerness to forget, nothing more than to forget that God gave me by name flowers, only anguish and loneliness. and loneliness. That I endured misery and pain in this cruel struggle of man, if only yesterday with lava a woman mockingly stained my name. And in seeking friendship I found falsehood, which I only found in a hundred painted mouths, carnival laughter. Only a miracle of love would bring me back to life, if to my soul that closed its doors could a soul call. If to the snow of my sorrows two good hands would erase it from me. Otherwise it will be better to die. My youth I soak it with alcohol leaving my pain in calm. Who will think that I bring to the staggering my heart and soul serene. Why remember, it's better to forget that my life has always been all mud like a tango of the slum.

The versions dancers use

Read more

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

Videos danced in

Data: recordings, facts and sources

No published facts yet. Facts appear here, each with its source, as they are collected.

Listen

  1. BarroOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán

Ask Tangopedia

Answers only from cited facts, each with its source.