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Che bandoneón · 1987

Nelly Omartango
Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1950–2003.

Pinned at 1987 · Revival 1985–1999

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

36 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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

El duende de tu son, bandoneón, se apiada del dolor de los demás, y al estrujar tu fueye dormilón se arrima al corazón que sufre más. Estercita y Mimí como Ninón, dejando sus destinos de percal vistieron al final mortajas de rayón, al eco funeral de tu canción. Bandoneón, hoy es noche de fandango y puedo confesarte la verdad, copa a copa, pena a pena, tango a tango, embalado en la locura del alcohol y la amargura. Bandoneón, para qué nombrarla tanto, no ves que está de olvido el corazón y ella vuelve noche a noche como un canto en las gotas de tu llanto, ¡ bandoneón! Tu canto es el amor que no se dio y el cielo que soñamos una vez, y el fraternal amigo que se hundió cinchando en la tormenta de un querer. Y esas ganas tremendas de llorar que a veces nos inundan sin razón, y el trago de licor que obliga a recordar si el alma está en 'orsai', bandoneón.

English · machine translation

El duende de tu son, che bandoneón, takes pity on the pain of others, and by squeezing your sleepy bandoneon it gets close to the heart that suffers the most. Estercita and Mimí like Ninón, leaving their percale destinies at the end they wore rayon shrouds, to the funeral echo of your song. Bandoneon, today is fandango night and I can confess the truth to you, glass by glass, sorrow by sorrow, tango by tango, packed in the madness of alcohol and bitterness. Bandoneon, why name it so much, don't you see that the heart is in oblivion and she comes back night by night like a song in the drops of your tears, bandoneon! Your song is the love that was never given and the sky we once dreamed of and the fraternal friend that sank in the storm of a love. And those tremendous desires to cry that sometimes flood us without reason, and the drink of liquor that forces us to remember if the soul is in 'orsai', che bandoneón.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 7 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1950 to 2003.
1950’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Che bandoneón · 1987 by year, taller the more they are danced · 7 of 7 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 21 more we know of

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

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, with 94% of the 36 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

12 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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 CalóChe bandoneónMiguel CalóRicardo BlancotangoOdeon
    2 dances · 6%
    1950
  2. Orquesta Francini-PontierEarliest we holdChe bandoneónOrquesta Francini-PontierAlberto Podestátango
    No match yet
    1950
  3. Edgardo DonatoChe bandoneónEdgardo DonatoCarlos AlmadatangoPampa
    No match yet
    1950
  4. Francisco CanaroChe bandoneónFrancisco CanaroAlberto ArenastangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1950
  5. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroChe bandoneónOrquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Labordetango
    No match yet
    2003
  6. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue1934
  7. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueDec 101947
  8. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá · Mar 71950
  9. Héctor María ArtolaNot in our catalogueOscar Alonso · Apr 211950
  10. Susy LeivaNot in our catalogue1962
  11. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Jul 51977
  12. Alfredo MarcucciNot in our catalogueRamón Regueira1998
  13. Néstor FabiánNot in our catalogue
  14. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
  15. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  16. Sandra LunaNot in our catalogue
  17. Susy LeivaNot in our catalogue
  18. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
  19. Franco LucianiNot in our catalogue

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  1. Che bandoneónOrquesta Francini-PontierAlberto Podestá

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