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Yuyo verde · Domingo Federico · 1944

Music by Domingo Federico, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2019.
1944: 1 · danced 38 times1945: 3 · danced 46 times1960: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 1 · danced 1 times1969: 1 · danced 0 times2019: 1 · danced 0 times
1944’60’70’80’90’00’102019
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1944: 1, 38; 1945: 3, 46; 1960: 1, 0; 1966: 1, 1; 1969: 1, 0; 2019: 1, 0

  1. Domingo Federico recorded it in 1944, 1960 and 1969.

    How we know

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

Yuyo verde · Domingo Federico · 1944 was sung by Carlos Vidal.†† Yuyo verde · Domingo Federico · 1944 is a tango.† Yuyo verde · Domingo Federico · 1944 lasts 02:40.† Yuyo verde · Domingo Federico · 1944: Federico's own composition, later better known from Pugliese's and Troilo's 1945 versions and Biagi's 1945 recording.†

Credit

Music
Domingo Federico
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 16 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloFloreal Ruiz · RCA Victor · Feb 28
    18 dances
    1945
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán · Odeon · Jan 25
    26 dances
    1945
  3. Miguel CalóRoberto Rufino · Odeon · Sep 20
    1 dance
    1966
  4. Rodolfo BiagiJorge Ortiz · Odeon · Jan 24
    2 dances
    1945
  5. Domingo FedericoEarliest we holdMost dancedCarlos Vidal · RCA Victor · Sep 12
    38 dances
    1944
  6. Domingo FedericoRubén Sánchez, Ruben Maciel · Trío
    Not danced on film yet
    1960
  7. Domingo FedericoCarlos Vidal · Embassy
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  8. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraRoberto Minondi · Apr 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2019
  9. TaniaNot in our catalogue1935
  10. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueTania · May 81945
  11. Miguel NijensohnNot in our catalogueTania · May 91945
  12. Hernán SalinasNot in our catalogueJul 281980
  13. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue1998
  14. Nelson PinoNot in our catalogue2012
  15. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  16. TaniaNot in our catalogue
  17. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  18. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  19. Lidia BordaNot in our catalogue
  20. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Callejón... callejón... lejano... lejano... íbamos perdidos de la mano bajo un cielo de verano soñando en vano... Un farol... un portón... -igual que en un tango- y los dos perdidos de la mano bajo el cielo de verano que partió... Déjame que llore crudamente con el llanto viejo adiós... adonde el callejón se pierde brotó ese yuyo verde del perdón... Déjame que llore y te recuerde -trenzas que me anudan al portón- De tu país ya no se vuelve ni con el yuyo verde del perdón... ¿Dónde estás?... ¿Dónde estás?... ¿Adónde te has ido?... ¿Dónde están las plumas de mi nido, la emoción de haber vivido y aquel cariño?... Un farol... un portón... -igual que un tango- y este llanto mío entre mis manos y ese cielo de verano que partió…

English · machine translation

Alley... alley... alley... far... far... far away... we were lost hand in hand under a summer sky dreaming in vain... A street lamp... a gate... -just like in a tango- and the two of us lost hand in hand under the summer sky that departed... Let me cry crudely with the old weeping goodbye... where the alley is lost sprouted that green weed of forgiveness... Let me cry and remember you -braids that knot me to the gate- From your country you can't return not even with the green weed of forgiveness... Where are you? Where are you? Where are you? Where have you gone? Where are the feathers of my nest? the emotion of having lived and that affection? A lantern... a gate... -just like a tango- and this cry of mine between my hands and that summer sky that departed...

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · danced on film 2012–2025

20122025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 5, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2020: 2, 2025: 1

Carlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20191:00

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sMarcelo Gutierrez & Ines MuzzopappaPhiladelphia Tango Festival · 2016
  2. The 2020sJacqueline Sigaut2020

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. 1Pocas palabrasRicardo Tanturi, 1941 · danced together in 3 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Carlos VidalSep 12, 1944

Supported · 2

In other catalogues12

tango.info · 02480002101222-2-114

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tango.info · 02480002333579-1-3

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tango.info · 04011222317599-1-15

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tango.info · 00743217773823-1-8

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tango.info · 00743212018325-1-2

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tango.info · 00743212874020-1-17

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tango.info · 00743214972328-1-8

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tango.info · 00743216333622-1-2

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tango.info · 00743217050320-4-9

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tango.info · 00743217138325-1-2

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tango.info · 00743211599825-1-5

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tango.info · 02480002043348-1-3

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:40

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Audio feature13

Audio feature 123.0

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Audio feature 0.947

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Audio feature 0.525

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Audio feature -23.3

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Audio feature 0.315

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Audio feature 0.387

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Audio feature 0.433

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Audio feature 0.037

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Audio feature 0.001

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Audio feature 0.53

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Audio feature 123.7

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Audio feature 61.8

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Audio feature step

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Notes1

Federico's own composition, later better known from Pugliese's and Troilo's 1945 versions and Biagi's 1945 recording.

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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Listen

  1. Yuyo verdeDomingo Federico · Carlos Vidal1944

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