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Una canción · José Sala · 1953

José SalaAlfredo BelusitangoColumbia
Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1953–1971.

Who recorded it

Every version7

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1953

  1. Aníbal TroiloJorge Casal · Roberto Goyeneche19531971
  2. Edgardo DonatoRoberto Morel1953
  3. Francisco CanaroMario Alonso1953
  4. José SalaAlfredo Belusi1953
  5. Orquesta Francini-PontierMario Lagos1953
  6. Sexteto TangoJorge Maciel1968

Recorded on Oct 1, 1953, during the Golden Age (1935–1954).

1953

19351954

José Sala · no periods written yet

The song

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6 orchestras recorded it

25 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Words
Catulo Castillo
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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La copa de alcohol hasta el final y en el final tu niebla, bodegón... Monótono y fatal me envuelve el acordeón con un vapor de tango que me hace mal... ¡A ver, mujer! Repite tu canción con esa voz gangosa de metal, que tiene olor a ron tu bata de percal y tiene gusto a miel tu corazón... Una canción que me mate la tristeza, que me duerma, que me aturda y en el frío de esta mesa vos y yo: los dos en curda... Los dos en curda y en la pena sensiblera que me da la borrachera yo te pido, cariñito, que me cantes como antes, despacito, despacito, tu canción una vez más... La dura desventura de los dos nos lleva al mismo rumbo, siempre igual, y es loco vendaval el viento de tu voz que silba la tortura del final... ¡A ver, mujer! Un poco más de ron y ciérrate la bata de percal que vi tu corazón desnudo en el cristal, temblando al escuchar esa canción...

English · machine translation

The glass of alcohol to the end and in the end your fog, still life... Monotonous and fatal the accordion envelops me with a tango vapor that makes me ill... Let's see, woman! Repeat your song with that metal gangly voice that smells of rum your percale robe and tastes like honey your heart... A song that kills my sadness, that will put me to sleep, that will stun me and in the cold of this table you and me: the two of us in curda... The two of us in curda and in the sentimental sorrow that the drunkenness gives me I ask you, my darling to sing to me like before, slowly, slowly, your song one more time... The hard misfortune of both of us leads us to the same course, always the same, and the wind of your voice the wind of your voice that whistles the torture of the end... Let's see, woman! A little more rum and close up your calico robe I saw your heart naked in the glass, trembling at the sound that song...

Every version

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The catalogue holds 7 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1953 to 1971.
1950’60’70
Recordings of Una canción · José Sala · 1953 by year, taller the more they are danced · 7 of 7 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

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  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdUna canciónEdgardo DonatoRoberto MoreltangoPampa
    8 dances
    1953
  2. Francisco CanaroUna canciónFrancisco CanaroMario AlonsotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1953
  3. José SalaUna canciónJosé SalaAlfredo BelusitangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1953
  4. Orquesta Francini-PontierUna canciónOrquesta Francini-PontierMario Lagostango
    No match yet
    1953
  5. Sexteto TangoUna canciónSexteto TangoJorge Macieltango
    No match yet
    1968
  6. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  7. Chola BoschNot in our catalogue1953
  8. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueMario Lagos · Sep 221953
  9. Nelly VázquezNot in our catalogue1964
  10. Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa · Mar 71981
  11. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  12. Luis FilipelliNot in our catalogue
  13. Nelly VázquezNot in our catalogue
  14. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  15. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  16. Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogueHoracio Deval
  17. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino
  18. Reinhard LangnickelNot in our catalogueFeline Lang
  19. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré

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José Sala

Una canciónJosé SalaAlfredo BelusitangoColumbia

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