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La cantina · Aníbal Troilo · 1954

Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1954–1954.

La cantina · Aníbal Troilo · 1954 was sung by Jorge Casal.†

Credit

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Catulo Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1950

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloJorge Casal · TK
    17 dances
    1954
  2. Miguel CalóMost dancedAlberto Podestá · Odeon · Jun 15
    19 dances
    1954
  3. José SalaEarliest we holdCarlos Yanel · Columbia · May 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  4. Osvaldo ManziAlberto Marino · Jun 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  5. Dante RessiaNot in our catalogue1954
  6. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueDante Ressia · Aug 131954
  7. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue1955
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero
  9. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré
  10. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Marino

Lyrics

Español

Ha plateado la luna el Riachuelo y hay un barco que vuelve del mar, como un dulce pedazo de cielo con un viejo puñado de sal. Golondrina perdida en el viento, por qué calle remota andará, con un vaso de alcohol y de miedo tras el vidrio empanado de un bar. La cantina llora siempre que te evoca cuando toca, piano, piano, su acordeón el italiano... La cantina, que es un poco de la vida donde estabas escondida tras el hueco de mi mano. De mi mano que te llama silenciosa, mariposa que al volar, me dejó sobre la boca, ¡sí! su salado gusto a mar. Se ha dormido entre jarcias la luna, llora un tango su verso tristón, y entre un poco de viento y espuma llega el eco fatal de tu voz. Tarantela del barco italiano la cantina se ha puesto feliz, pero siento que llora lejano tu recuerdo vestido de gris.

English · machine translation

The moon has silvered the Riachuelo and there is a ship returning from the sea like a sweet piece of sky with an old handful of salt. Swallow lost in the wind, on what remote street it will walk, with a glass of alcohol and fear behind the breaded glass of a bar. The bar cries whenever it evokes you when he plays, piano, piano, his accordion the Italian... The canteen, which is a bit of life where you were hidden behind the hollow of my hand. My hand that calls you silently, butterfly that when flying, left on my mouth, yes! its salty taste of the sea. The moon has fallen asleep among the rigging, a tango cries its sad verse, and among a bit of wind and foam comes the fatal echo of your voice. Tarantella of the Italian ship the canteen has become happy, but I feel that it weeps far away your memory dressed in gray.

Danced to it

Music from 1954 · danced on film 2004–2025

20042025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2004: 1, 2012: 3, 2013: 3, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2022: 1, 2025: 3

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