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Soy un porteño · Aníbal Troilo · 1943

Music by José Razzano, lyrics by Celedonio Flores. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1943.

Soy un porteño · Aníbal Troilo · 1943 was sung by Francisco Fiorentino.†† Soy un porteño · Aníbal Troilo · 1943 is a milonga.† Soy un porteño · Aníbal Troilo · 1943 lasts 03:10.†

Credit

Music
José Razzano
Lyrics
Celedonio Flores

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedCarlos Roldán · Odeon · Nov 18
    24 dances
    1942
  2. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Jun 2
    2 dances
    1943
  3. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueÁngel Cárdenas · Sep 71956

Lyrics

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Soy un porteño nacido en el barrio que se cuadre, niño bien, medio compadre, sobrador y consentido. Tengo fama de aburrido y ando galgueando la , pero guardo la infinita nobleza del ser humano, si canto con “Mano a Mano”, lloro con “La cumparsita'. Me hice una ley: ser derecho en la mala y en la buena, silbo y desato una pena que se hizo nudo en mi pecho. Guardo en el alma el acecho, una pasión sin medida, y sé jugarme la vida por un naipe y una dama, si me habrán dejao de cama naipes, paicas y bebidas. Me templé en los bodegones sacando lustre al estaño, vi hacer callo al desengaño en corazón de varones. Pianto de los metejones que traen al amor fulero, pero soy bueno y sincero cuando el amor me echa garra. ¡Yo soy como la guitarra, canto y lloro cuando quiero!

English · machine translation

I am a porteño born in the neighborhood that fits, good boy, half compadre, spoiled and spoiled. I have a reputation for being boring and I go around scrounging for money, but I keep the infinite nobility of the human being, if I sing with "Mano a Mano", I cry with "La cumparsita". I made myself a law: to be straight in bad times and in good, I whistle and untie a sorrow that became a knot in my chest. I keep in my soul the stalking, a passion without measure, and I know how to stake my life for a card and a lady, if they will have left me in bed cards, paicas and drinks. I was tempered in the still lifes taking luster from pewter, I saw the disillusionment in the hearts of men. I stanch of the metejones that bring to love fulero, but I am good and sincere when love gives me a grip. I am like the guitar, I sing and cry when I want to!

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Music from 1943 · danced on film 2019

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Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19421943

1942: 1, 1943: 1

Singers1

Sung by Francisco FiorentinoJun 2, 1943

Supported · 2

In other catalogues13

tango.info · 00828765943925-1-10

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tango.info · 08427328130974-1-15

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tango.info · 04024236204069-1-8

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tango.info · 00743216757329-1-18

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tango.info · 08427328133081-1-14

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tango.info · 07798108080330-2-13

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tango.info · 02480002332749-1-4

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tango.info · 02480002333470-1-4

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tango.info · 02480002332060-1-2

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tango.info · 00743214972823-1-14

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tango.info · 08427328130738-1-18

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tango.info · 02480002335658-1-2

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tango.info · 04011222327543-2-17

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Is a1

Is a milonga

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Duration1

Duration 03:10

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  1. Soy un porteñoFrancisco Canaro · Carlos Roldán1942

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