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El porteñito · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) · 1941

Music by Ángel Villoldo, lyrics by Ángel Villoldo. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1959.
1928: 1 · danced 5 times1937: 1 · danced 4 times1941: 1 · danced 1 times1943: 1 · danced 26 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 1 times
1928’40’501959
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1928: 1, 5; 1937: 1, 4; 1941: 1, 1; 1943: 1, 26; 1951: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 1

  1. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) recorded it in 1941 and 1959.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Ángel Villoldo
Lyrics
Ángel Villoldo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 29 more we know of

1920’30’40’50

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 31
    4 dances
    1937
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Mar 23
    26 dances
    1943
  3. Típica VictorEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 26
    5 dances
    1928
  4. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Jun 6
    1 dance
    1941
  5. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Apr 9
    1 dance
    1959
  6. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoNov 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  7. Alfredo E. GobbiNot in our catalogue1924
  8. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueSep 41935
  9. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJun 61941
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril1946
  11. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueJul 271949
  12. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueSep 241952
  13. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue1954
  14. Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogue1958
  15. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
  16. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 91959
  17. Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueAug 231966
  18. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
  19. Color TangoNot in our catalogue1996
  20. Alberto CastilloNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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

Soy hijo de Buenos Aires, por apodo 'El porteñito', el criollo más compadrito que en esta tierra nació. Cuando un tango en la vigüela rasguea algún compañero no hay nadie en el mundo entero que baile mejor que yo. No hay ninguno que me iguale para enamorar mujeres, puro hablar de pareceres, puro filo y nada más. Y al hacerle la encarada la fileo de cuerpo entero asegurando el puchero con el que dará. Soy el terror del malevaje cuando en un baile me meto, porque a ninguno respeto de los que hay en la reunión. Y si alguno se retoba y viene haciéndose el guapo lo mando de un castañazo a buscar quien lo engrupió. Cuando el ya escasea le formo un cuento a mi china que es la más ladina que pisó el barrio del sur. Y como caído del cielo entra el níquel al bolsillo y al compás de un organillo bailo el tango a su 'salú'.

English · machine translation

I am a son of Buenos Aires, by nickname 'El porteñito', the most compadrito criollo who was born in this land. When a tango in the reed strummed by some fellow there is no one in the whole world who dances better than me. There's no one who can match me for making women fall in love, pure talk of opinions, pure edge and nothing more. And when I face her I fillet her full body assuring the pot with the wind that it will give. I'm the terror of the wicked when I get into a dance, because I respect no one of those in the gathering. And if any of them frolic and comes in pretending to be handsome I send him off with a chestnut to look for the one who has made him a fool. When the wind is scarce I make up a story for my china who is the most ladina paica who ever set foot in the southern neighborhood. And as if it fell from the sky the nickel enters my pocket and to the beat of a barrel organ I dance the tango to her 'salú'.

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2011–2018

20112018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2018: 1

From TangoTube's videos · our data

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Listen

  1. El porteñitoTípica Victor1928

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