Song
La casita de mis viejos · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1952
1944: 1, 35; 1950: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 1; 1953: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 0; 1958: 2, 0; 1965: 1, 10; 1969: 1, 0; 2007: 1, 0; 2013: 1, 0; 2019: 1, 0
Horacio Salgan recorded it in 1957 and 1969.
How we know
Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.
La casita de mis viejos · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1952 was sung by Héctor Pacheco.†
Credit
- Music
- Juan Carlos Cobián
- Lyrics
- Enrique Cadícamo
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 22 more we know of
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel · Philips · Apr 110 dances1965
- Lucio DemareInstrumental · Pampa · Jan 27Not danced on film yet1953
- Osvaldo FresedoHéctor Pacheco · Columbia · Sep 181 dance1952
- Armando PontierJulio Sosa · CBS Columbia · Aug 12Not danced on film yet1958
- Florindo SassoneCarlos Malbran · RCA Victor · Apr 27Not danced on film yet1950
- Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · Antar-Telefunken (Montevideo) · Jul 17Not danced on film yet1957
- Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · PhilipsNot danced on film yet1969
- Juan Carlos CobianEarliest we holdMost dancedJosé Balbi35 dances1944
- Los Astros Del TangoMusic HallNot danced on film yet1958
- Matilde VitulloJul 1Not danced on film yet2019
- Orquesta Forever TangoNot danced on film yet2013
- Orquesta Típica ImperialNot danced on film yet2007
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1930
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1931
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1932
- Jorge VidalNot in our catalogueAug 91960
- Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue1961
- Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueApr 151961
- Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueJun 71961
- Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1973
Lyrics
Español
Barrio tranquilo de mi ayer, como un triste atardecer, a tu esquina vuelvo viejo... Vuelvo más viejo, la vida me ha cambiado... en mi cabeza un poco de plata me ha dejado. Yo fui viajero del dolor y en mi andar de soñador comprendí mi mal de vida, y cada beso lo borré con una copa, las mujeres siempre son las que matan la ilusión. (en un juego de ilusión repartí mi corazón.) Vuelvo vencido a la casita de mis viejos, cada cosa es un recuerdo que se agita en mi memoria, mis veinte abriles me llevaron lejos… locuras juveniles, la falta de consejo. Hay en la casa un hondo y cruel silencio huraño, y al golpear, como un extraño, me recibe el viejo criado… Habré cambiado totalmente, que el anciano por la voz tan sólo me reconoció. Pobre viejita la encontré enfermita; yo le hablé y me miró con unos ojos… Con esos ojos nublados por el llanto como diciéndome porqué tardaste tanto… Ya nunca más he de partir y a tu lado he de sentir el calor de un gran cariño… Sólo una madre nos perdona en esta vida, es la única verdad, es mentira lo demás.
English · machine translation
Quiet neighborhood of my yesterday, like a sad sunset, to your corner I return old... I come back older, life has changed me... in my head a little silver has left me. I was a traveler of pain and in my dreamer's wanderings I understood my evil of life, and every kiss I erased with a drink, women are always the ones who kill the illusion. (in a game of illusion I divided my heart). I return defeated to my parents' house, each thing is a memory that stirs in my memory, my twenty years took me far away... youthful follies, the lack of advice. There is in the house a deep and cruel sullen silence, and when I knock, like a stranger, I am received by the old servant... I must have changed so much, that the old man by my voice only recognized me. Poor old lady, I found her sick; I spoke to her and she looked at me with eyes... With those eyes clouded with tears as if telling me why it took you so long... I will never leave again and by your side I will feel the warmth of a great affection... Only a mother forgives us in this life, is the only truth, everything else is a lie.
Danced to it
Music from 1952 · danced on film 2022
Connected
From TangoTube's videos · our data
Danced by
- Steinar Refsdal1 video
- Cyrena Drussine1 video
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Data: recordings, facts and sources
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Sung by Héctor PachecoSep 18, 1952
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