Song
La cantina · 1954
Dante RessiatangoWho recorded it
Every version4Earliest we hold: José Sala, 1954
Pinned at 1954 · Golden Age 1935–1954
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
4 orchestras recorded it
37 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Aníbal Troilo
- Words
- Catulo Castillo
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
Español
Ha plateado la luna el Riachuelo y hay un barco que vuelve del mar, como un dulce pedazo de cielo con un viejo puñado de sal. Golondrina perdida en el viento, por qué calle remota andará, con un vaso de alcohol y de miedo tras el vidrio empanado de un bar. La cantina llora siempre que te evoca cuando toca, piano, piano, su acordeón el italiano... La cantina, que es un poco de la vida donde estabas escondida tras el hueco de mi mano. De mi mano que te llama silenciosa, mariposa que al volar, me dejó sobre la boca, ¡sí! su salado gusto a mar. Se ha dormido entre jarcias la luna, llora un tango su verso tristón, y entre un poco de viento y espuma llega el eco fatal de tu voz. Tarantela del barco italiano la cantina se ha puesto feliz, pero siento que llora lejano tu recuerdo vestido de gris.
English · machine translation
The moon has silvered the Riachuelo and there is a ship returning from the sea like a sweet piece of sky with an old handful of salt. Swallow lost in the wind, on what remote street it will walk, with a glass of alcohol and fear behind the breaded glass of a bar. The bar cries whenever it evokes you when he plays, piano, piano, his accordion the Italian... The canteen, which is a bit of life where you were hidden behind the hollow of my hand. My hand that calls you silently, butterfly that when flying, left on my mouth, yes! its salty taste of the sea. The moon has fallen asleep among the rigging, a tango cries its sad verse, and among a bit of wind and foam comes the fatal echo of your voice. Tarantella of the Italian ship the canteen has become happy, but I feel that it weeps far away your memory dressed in gray.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Miguel Caló, 1954, with 51% of the 37 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
“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.
- Miguel CalóMost dancedLa cantinaMiguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeon19 dances · 51%1954
- Aníbal TroiloLa cantinaAníbal TroiloJorge CasaltangoTK18 dances · 49%1954
- José SalaEarliest we holdLa cantinaJosé SalaCarlos YaneltangoColumbiaNo match yet1954
- Osvaldo ManziLa cantinaOsvaldo ManziAlberto MarinotangoNo match yet1954
- Dante RessiaNot in our catalogue1954
- -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueDante Ressia · Aug 131954
- Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue1955
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré
- -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Marino
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- EntryLa cantina · Osvaldo Manzi · 1954Recording
- EntryLa cantina · José Sala · 1954Recording
- EntryHerencia · Roberto Grela · 1954Recording
- EntryLa cantina · Aníbal Troilo · 1954Recording
- EntryValsecito de antes · Roberto Grela · 1954Recording
- EntryLas cuarenta · Roberto Grela · 1955Recording
- EntryCarnaval de mi barrio · Roberto Grela · 1954Recording
- EntryLa vuelta al rancho · Roberto Grela · 1955Recording
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