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Los despojos · José Basso · 1969

José BassoJuan Carlos GodoytangoMusic Hall
Music by José Dames, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1947–2020.

Pinned at 1969 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · José Basso recordings indexed 1948–1986

Los despojos · José Basso · 1969 was sung by Juan Carlos Godoy.†

The work

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Music
José Dames
Lyrics
Horacio Sanguinetti

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1947 to 2020.

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Recordings of Los despojos · José Basso · 1969 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

The leader is Miguel Caló, 1947, with 98% of the 105 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

12 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. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedLos despojosMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon
    103 dances · 98%
    1947
  2. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciLos despojosOrquesta Típica Sans SouciEl Chino Labordetango
    2 dances · 2%
    2014
  3. Orquesta Francini-PontierLos despojosOrquesta Francini-PontierRoberto Rufinotango
    No match yet
    1947
  4. Fulvio SalamancaLos despojosFulvio SalamancaJulio Rodolfotango
    No match yet
    1968
  5. José BassoLos despojosJosé BassoJuan Carlos GodoytangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1969
  6. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraLos despojosOrquesta Romantica MilongueraXimena Gimeneztango
    No match yet
    2020
  7. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueFloreal Ruíz1947
  8. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Jun 111947
  9. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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Ven, levántate no llores, no me jures ni me implores, yo esperé que alguna vez hincándote a mis pies traerías tus dolores. Mas los años que pasaron, mis rencores atenuaron. Y hoy que al fin te vuelvo a ver, no llores, por favor, que ya te perdoné. Despojos solamente quedan hoy, despojos de tu amor y de mi amor. ¿Por qué has vuelto así con las sombras del ayer, arrastrando tu vejez junto a mí? Mira como estoy por estar lejos de ti, yo también envejecí de dolor. Hoy somos los despojos, nada más, no sé si has hecho bien en regresar. Como el sol reseca el lodo... Borra el tiempo, todo, todo... Y se aprende a perdonar De nuevo al encontrar La vida en un recodo... Una luz en mis tinieblas Es tu nombre hecho de niebla, Puede ser que salga el sol Detrás de tu dolor Detrás de mi dolor…

English · machine translation

Come, get up, don't cry, do not swear or implore me, I hoped that sometime kneeling at my feet you would bring your pains. But the years that passed, my resentments attenuated. And today that at last I see you again, don't cry, please, I have already forgiven you. Only the remains are left today, the remains of your love and of my love. Why have you come back like this with the shadows of yesterday, dragging your old age with me? Look how I am for being far from you, I too grew old with pain. Today we are the remains, nothing more, I don't know if you've done well to return. As the sun dries the mud... Time erases everything, everything, everything... And you learn to forgive Again when you find Life in a bend... A light in my darkness Is your name made of fog, May the sun rise Behind your pain Behind my pain...

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