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Griseta · Carlos Gardel · 1924

Music by Enrique Delfino, lyrics by José González Castillo. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1979.

Credit

Music
Enrique Delfino
Lyrics
José González Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 22 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedRoberto Rufino · RCA Victor · Jun 21
    6 dances
    1941
  2. Rodolfo BiagiAndrés Falgás · Odeon · Oct 26
    4 dances
    1939
  3. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 31
    1 dance
    1944
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  5. Francisco CanaroMario Alonso · Odeon · Mar 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  6. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche · Jun 7
    1 dance
    1979
  7. Los Astros Del TangoInstrumental · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  8. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
  9. Enrique DelfinoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1927
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Mar 201931
  11. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1947
  12. Víctor D'AmarioNot in our catalogueAlberto Santillán1951
  13. Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueInstrumental · May 111961
  14. Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogueReynaldo Martín · Jun 91964
  15. Héctor PachecoNot in our catalogue
  16. Jorge SobralNot in our catalogue
  17. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  18. Lidia BordaNot in our catalogue
  19. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogue
  20. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Lyrics

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

Mezcla rara de Museta y de Mimí con caricias de Rodolfo y de Schaunard, era la flor de París que un sueño de novela trajo al arrabal... Y en el loco divagar del cabaret, al arrullo de algún tango , alentaba una ilusión: soñaba con Des Grieux, quería ser Manon. Francesita, que trajiste, pizpireta, sentimental y coqueta la poesía del quartier, ¿quién diría que tu poema de griseta sólo una estrofa tendría: la silenciosa agonía de Margarita Gauthier? Mas la fría sordidez del arrabal. agostando la pureza de su fe, sin hallar a su Duval, secó su corazón lo mismo que un muguet. Y una noche de champán y de cocó, al arrullo funeral de un bandoneón, pobrecita, se durmió, lo mismo que Mimí, lo mismo que Manón.

English · machine translation

Rare mixture of Museta and Mimi with caresses of Rodolfo and Schaunard, she was the flower of Paris that a dream of a novel brought to the suburb... And in the mad wanderings of the cabaret.., to the lullaby of some tango compadrón, she encouraged an illusion: I dreamed of Des Grieux, she wanted to be Manon. French girl, you brought, pizpireta, sentimental and flirtatious the poetry of the quartier, who would say that your T-shirt poem would have only one stanza: the silent agony of Marguerite Gauthier? But the cold sordidness of the slum. withering away the purity of her faith, without finding her Duval, dried up her heart like a thrush. And one night of champagne and coconut, to the funeral lullaby of a bandoneon, poor thing, she fell asleep, the same as Mimi, the same as Manon.

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  1. GrisetaFrancisco Canaro1927

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