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Milonguero viejo · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955

Music by Carlos Di Sarli, lyrics by Enrique Carrera Sotelo. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–2004.
1928: 2 · danced 0 times1940: 1 · danced 4 times1944: 1 · danced 2 times1951: 1 · danced 3 times1955: 1 · danced 127 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 1 times1962: 1 · danced 2 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times2000: 1 · danced 0 times2001: 1 · danced 0 times2004: 1 · danced 0 times
1928’40’50’60’70’80’902004
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1928: 2, 0; 1940: 1, 4; 1944: 1, 2; 1951: 1, 3; 1955: 1, 127; 1956: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 1; 1962: 1, 2; 1965: 1, 0; 2000: 1, 0; 2001: 1, 0; 2004: 1, 0

  1. Carlos Di Sarli’s 1955 version holds 91% of its dancing (127 of 139).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 14 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Carlos Di Sarli recorded it in 1940, 1944, 1951 and 1955. 3 other orchestras recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Milonguero viejo · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955: The fourth of Di Sarli's recordings of his own composition, oddly pitched up a key with no singer to justify it, which Lavocah reads as tango drifting from its roots.†

Credit

Music
Carlos Di Sarli
Lyrics
Enrique Carrera Sotelo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 4
    4 dances
    1940
  2. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 11
    2 dances
    1944
  3. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · Music Hall · Sep 26
    3 dances
    1951
  4. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedRCA Victor · May 20
    127 dances
    1955
  5. Lucio DemareArt-FONO
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  6. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdErnesto Famá · Odeon · Feb 24
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  7. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Columbia · Apr 6
    1 dance
    1959
  8. Juan MaglioCarlos Viván · Apr 2
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  9. Horacio SalganAntar-Telefunken (Montevideo) · Jul 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  10. Horacio SalganPhilips
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  11. Orquesta Escuela de Tango
    Not danced on film yet
    2000
  12. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroNov 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2001
  13. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroNov 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2004
  14. Los Señores Del TangoInstrumental · Columbia · Oct 8
    2 dances
    1962
  15. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogueFeb 291928
  16. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueCarlos Viván · Apr 21928
  17. Carlos Di SarliNot in our catalogue1943
  18. Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogue1958
  19. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue1981
  20. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

El barrio duerme y sueña al arrullo de un triste tango llorón; en el silencio tiembla la voz de un mozo cantor. La última esperanza flota en su canción, en su canción maleva y en el canto dulce eleva toda la dulzura de su humilde amor. Linda pebeta de mis sueños, en este tango llorón mi amor mistongo va cantando su milonga de dolor, y entre el rezongo de los fuelles y el canyengue de mi voz, ilusionado y tembloroso vibra humilde el corazón. Sos la más linda del pobre arrabal, sos la musa maleva de mi inspiración; y en los tangos del de La Paternal sos el alma criolla que llora de amor. Sin berretines mi musa mistonguera chamuya en verso su dolor; tu almita loca, sencilla y ha enloquecido mi pobre corazón. El barrio duerme y sueña al arrullo del triste tango llorón; en el silencio tiembla la voz del mozo cantor; la última esperanza flota en su canción, en su canción maleva y el viento que pasa lleva toda la dulzura de su corazón.

English · machine translation

The neighborhood sleeps and dreams to the lullaby of a sad weeping tango; in the silence trembles the milonga voice of a young singer. The last hope floats in his song, in his evil song and in the sweet song it raises all the sweetness of his humble love. Pretty little pebeta of my dreams, in this weeping tango my mistongo love sings its milonga of pain, and between the rezongo of the bellows and the canyengue of my voice, illusioned and trembling humble heart vibrates. You are the prettiest paica of the poor suburb, you are the evil muse of my inspiration; and in the tangos of the Pibe of La Paternal you are the Creole soul that cries for love. Without berretines my mistonguera muse shamuya in verse your pain; your crazy, simple and milonguera little soul has driven my poor heart crazy. The neighborhood sleeps and dreams to the lullaby of the sad weeping tango; in the silence trembles the milonguera voice of the singing boy; the last hope floats in his song, in his evil song and the passing wind carries all the sweetness of his heart.

Danced to it

Music from 1955 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 2, 2010: 7, 2011: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 4, 2014: 5, 2015: 1, 2016: 3, 2017: 7, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2021: 3, 2022: 10, 2023: 15, 2024: 14, 2025: 11, 2026: 3

Carlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20192023 · 3:11

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDetlef Engel & Melina Sedó2008
  2. The 2010sSebastian Jimenez & Maria Inés BogadoMilonga La Baldosa · 2010
  3. The 2020sCarlitos Espinoza & Agustina Piaggio2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    4 performances
  2. Club Social y Deportivo Glorias ArgentinasMataderos
    1 performance
  3. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  4. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  5. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2El corazón me engañóJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3Este carnavalJuan D'Arienzo, 1951 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4InspiraciónAníbal Troilo, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5La cachilaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1952 · danced together in 2 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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Notes1

The fourth of Di Sarli's recordings of his own composition, oddly pitched up a key with no singer to justify it, which Lavocah reads as tango drifting from its roots.

Single source

Listen

  1. Milonguero viejoOsvaldo Fresedo · Ernesto Famá1928

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