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Naranjo en flor · Roberto Goyeneche · 1986

Roberto Goyeneche · tango · 1986
Music by Virgilio Expósito, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1986.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Pedro Laurenz, 1944

  1. Aníbal TroiloFloreal Ruiz1944
  2. Pedro LaurenzJorge Linares1944
  3. Enrique RodríguezArmando Moreno1944
  4. Roberto Goyeneche1986

Recorded in 1986, during the Revival (1985–1999).

1986

19851999

Roberto Goyeneche · no periods written yet

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1986
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Roberto Goyeneche
Contents1The song2Who wrote it3Lyrics4Every version5One recording

The song

ROBERTO GOYENECHE Y SU ORQUESTA TÍPICARoberto GoyenecheNARANJO EN FLORTango1986

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

23 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Virgilio Expósito
Words
Homero Expósito
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Era más blanda que el agua, que el agua blanda, era más fresca que el río, naranjo en flor. Y en esa calle de estío, calle perdida, dejó un pedazo de vida y se marchó... Primero hay que saber sufrir, después amar, después partir y al fin andar sin pensamiento... Perfume de naranjo en flor, promesas vanas de un amor que se escaparon con el viento. Después...¿qué importa el después? Toda mi vida es el ayer que me detiene en el pasado, eterna y vieja juventud que me ha dejado acobardado como un pájaro sin luz. ¿Qué le habrán hecho mis manos? ¿Qué le habrán hecho para dejarme en el pecho tanto dolor? Dolor de vieja arboleda, canción de esquina con un pedazo de vida, naranjo en flor.

English · machine translation

It was softer than water, than the soft water, it was cooler than the river, orange blossom. And in that summer street lost street, he left a piece of life and left... First you have to know how to suffer, then to love, then to leave and finally walk without thought... Perfume of orange blossom, vain promises of a love that escaped with the wind. After... what does the after matter? All my life is yesterday that stops me in the past, eternal and old youth that has left me cowering like a bird without light. What have my hands done to him? What have they done to him to leave in my chest so much pain? Pain of an old grove, corner song with a piece of life, orange blossom.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1944 to 1986.
1940’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Naranjo en flor · Roberto Goyeneche · 1986 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 8, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 4 orchestras; the earliest here is Pedro Laurenz in 1944.

  1. 1944Pedro LaurenzRecording
  2. 1944Enrique RodríguezRecording
  3. 1944Aníbal TroiloRecording
  4. 1986Roberto GoyenecheRecording

Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

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

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedNaranjo en flor · Aníbal Troilo · Floreal Ruiz · tango · Nov 23, 1944 · RCA VictorMeasured automatically · 123 BPM · C major
    20 dances
    1944
  2. Pedro LaurenzEarliest we holdNaranjo en flor · Pedro Laurenz · Jorge Linares · tango · Jul 18, 1944 · OdeonMeasured automatically · 121 BPM · C major
    3 dances
    1944
  3. Enrique RodríguezNaranjo en flor · Enrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno · tango · Sep 21, 1944 · Odeon
    No match yet
    1944
  4. Roberto GoyenecheNaranjo en flor · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · 1986
    No match yet
    1986
  5. Cacho CastañaNot in our catalogue
  6. María GrañaNot in our catalogue
  7. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  8. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  9. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
  10. Esteban MorgadoNot in our catalogue
  11. Juan Carlos CáceresNot in our catalogueJuan Carlos Cáceres

One recording

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

ROBERTO GOYENECHE Y SU ORQUESTA TÍPICARoberto GoyenecheNARANJO EN FLORTango1986

Roberto Goyeneche

Naranjo en flor · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · 1986

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

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  1. Naranjo en flor · Pedro Laurenz · Jorge Linares · 1944

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