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Barrio de tango · Mercedes Simone · 1943

Mercedes SimonesungtangoOdeon
Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–2017.

Who recorded it

Every version9

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1942

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino · Nelly Vázquez …194219641971
  2. Miguel CalóJorge Ortiz1943
  3. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas1942
  4. Lucio DemareArmando Garrido1956
  5. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche1969
  6. Orquesta Típica ImperialCristina De Los Angeles2006

Recorded 1943 · Golden Age 1935–1954

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

7 orchestras recorded it

44 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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First played
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Its words name
Nueva Pompeya

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Un pedazo de barrio, allá en Pompeya, durmiéndose al costado del terraplén. Un farol balanceando en la barrera y el misterio de adiós que siembra el tren. Un ladrido de perros a la luna. El amor escondido en un portón. Y los sapos redoblando en la laguna y a lo lejos la voz del bandoneón. Barrio de tango, luna y misterio, calles lejanas, ¡cómo estarán! Viejos amigos que hoy ni recuerdo, ¡qué se habrán hecho, dónde estarán! Barrio de tango, qué fue de aquella, Juana, la rubia, que tanto amé. ¡Sabrá que sufro, pensando en ella, desde la tarde que la dejé! Barrio de tango, luna y misterio, ¡desde el recuerdo te vuelvo a ver! Un coro de silbidos allá en la esquina. El codillo llenando el almacén. Y el dramón de la pálida vecina que ya nunca salió a mirar el tren. Así evoco tus noches, barrio 'e tango, con las chatas entrando al corralón y la luna chapaleando sobre el fango y a lo lejos la voz del bandoneón.

English · machine translation

A piece of neighborhood, back in Pompeya, falling asleep at the side of the embankment. A lantern swinging on the barrier and the mystery of goodbye sowed by the train. A dog barking at the moon. Love hidden in a gate. And the toads drumming on the lagoon and in the distance the voice of the bandoneon. Neighborhood of tango, moon and mystery, distant streets, how they will be! Old friends that today I don't even remember, what have they done to each other, where are they! Tango neighborhood, what became of that one, Juana, the blonde, whom I loved so much. She must know that I suffer, thinking of her, since the afternoon I left her! Tango neighborhood, moon and mystery, from the memory I see you again! A chorus of whistles there on the corner. The elbow filling the storehouse. And the dramón of the pale neighbor who never came out to watch the train. That's how I evoke your nights, tango neighborhood, with the trucks entering the yard and the moon splashing on the mud and in the distance the voice of the bandoneon.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 9 recordings of this song by 7 orchestras, 1942 to 2017.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Barrio de tango · Mercedes Simone · 1943 by year, taller the more they are danced · 9 of 9 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, with 89% of the 44 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “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 CalóBarrio de tangoMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeon
    3 dances · 7%
    1943
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoBarrio de tangoÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    2 dances · 5%
    1942
  3. Lucio DemareBarrio de tangoLucio DemareArmando GarridotangoTK
    No match yet
    1956
  4. Armando PontierBarrio de tangoArmando PontierRoberto Goyenechetango
    No match yet
    1969
  5. Orquesta Típica ImperialBarrio de tangoOrquesta Típica ImperialCristina De Los Angelestango
    No match yet
    2006
  6. Sexteto VisceralBarrio de tangoSexteto VisceralHernán Fernándeztango
    No match yet
    2017
  7. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1936
  8. Roberto GarzaNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone · May 121943
  9. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Aug 111968
  10. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1983
  11. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  12. Floreal RuízNot in our catalogue
  13. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  14. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue
  15. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
  16. Raúl LaviéNot in our catalogue
  17. Tito ReyesNot in our catalogue
  18. Osvaldo PiroNot in our catalogue
  19. Sexteto CanyengueNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-

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