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Mocosita · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949

Music by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, lyrics by Víctor Soliño. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1925–1952.
1925: 1 · danced 0 times1926: 2 · danced 1 times1927: 1 · danced 0 times1949: 1 · danced 1 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times
1925’30’40’501952
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1925: 1, 0; 1926: 2, 1; 1927: 1, 0; 1949: 1, 1; 1952: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1926 and 1927.

    How we know

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

Mocosita · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949 was sung by Carlos Dante.†† Mocosita · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949 is a tango.† Mocosita · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949 lasts 03:13.†

Credit

Music
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Lyrics
Víctor Soliño

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 11 more we know of

1920’30’40’50

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

  1. Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante · Odeon · Apr 20
    1 dance
    1949
  2. Francisco CanaroOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1926
  3. Francisco CanaroOdeon · Jul 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  4. Típica VictorMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 5
    1 dance
    1926
  5. Julio De CaroEarliest we hold
    Not danced on film yet
    1925
  6. Eduardo Del PianoHéctor de Rosas
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  7. Francisco PracánicoNot in our catalogue1926
  8. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1926
  9. -unspecified guitars-, Eduardo PereyraNot in our catalogueRosita Quiroga · Apr 81926
  10. Pedro Laurenz, Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueNov 241926
  11. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1953
  12. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue1963
  13. Floreal RuízNot in our catalogue
  14. Lidia BordaNot in our catalogue
  15. Imperio ArgentinaNot in our catalogue
  16. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  17. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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Vencido, con el alma amargada, sin esperanzas, saciado de la vida, solloza en su el pobre , sin hallar un consuelo a su dolor. Colgada de un clavo, la guitarra... en un rincón la tiene abandonada... De sus amigos ya no le importa nada... Tirado en la no hace más que llorar. En alguna ocasión sólo se escucha esta canción: 'Mocosita, no me dejés morir, volvé al , que no puedo vivir. ¡Si supieras las veces que he soñado que de nuevo te tenía a mi lado! Mocosita, no seas tan cruel, no me abandones... Quiero verte otra vez... Mocosita, no me dejes, que me mata poco a poco tu desdén.' Dormía tranquilo el conventillo, nada turbaba el silencio de la noche cuando se oyó sonar allá en la oscuridad el disparo de una bala fatal. Corrieron ansiosos los vecinos que presentían el final de aquel drama y se encontraron, tirado en una cama, en un charco de sangre, al pobre . Pero, antes de morir, alguien le oyó cantar así: 'Mocosita, no me dejés morir, volvé al , que no puedo vivir. ¡Si supieras las veces que he soñado que de nuevo te tenía a mi lado! Mocosita, no seas tan cruel, no me abandones... Quiero verte otra vez... Mocosita, no me dejes, que me mata poco a poco tu desdén.'

English · machine translation

Defeated, with a bitter soul, hopeless, satiated with life, sobs in his bulín the poor payador without finding any consolation for his pain. Hanging on a nail, the guitar... In a corner he keeps it abandoned... Of his friends he no longer cares for anything... Lying in the cot, he does nothing but weep. On some occasions he only listens to this song: 'Mocosita, don't let me die, go back to the cotorro, I can't live. If you only knew how many times I have dreamed that I had you by my side again! Snotty, don't be so cruel, don't abandon me... I want to see you again... Snotty, don't leave me, your disdain is killing me little by little.' The tenement slept peacefully, nothing disturbed the silence of the night when it was heard ringing there in the darkness the sound of a fatal bullet. The neighbors ran anxiously who sensed the end of that drama and found him lying on a bed, in a pool of blood, the poor payador. But, before dying, someone heard him sing like this: 'Mocosita, don't let me die, go back to the cotorro, I can't live. If you only knew how many times I dreamt that I had you by my side again! Snotty, don't be so cruel, don't abandon me... I want to see you again... Snotty, don't leave me, your disdain is killing me little by little.'

Danced to it

Music from 1949 · danced on film 2012

From TangoTube's videos · our data

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Carlos DanteApr 20, 1949

Supported · 2

In other catalogues10

tango.info · 02480002300823-1-12

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tango.info · 00077779810925-1-7

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tango.info · 00724352330720-1-7

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tango.info · 00724352910922-1-2

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tango.info · 00008637215323-1-21

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tango.info · 04038912150823-1-17

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tango.info · 05099964048024-5-11

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tango.info · 07798108081771-2-5

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tango.info · 08427328140126-1-3

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tango.info · 08427328146029-1-15

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 03:13

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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Listen

  1. MocositaJulio De Caro · no clip yet1925

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