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Song

Farol · Roberto Goyeneche · 1981

Roberto Goyenechesungtango
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 1981 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Roberto Goyeneche recordings indexed 1968–1980

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
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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 · Roberto Goyeneche · 1981 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

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  1. FarolOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel

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