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Tiempos viejos · Armando Pontier · 1956

Armando PontierJulio Sosatango
Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1926–1976.

Who recorded it

Every version10

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1926

  1. Juan D'ArienzoArmando Laborde1965
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba1976
  3. Osvaldo FresedoCarlos Barrios1953
  4. Francisco CanaroCharlo · Alberto Arenas …19261927193119531961
  5. Armando PontierJulio Sosa1956
  6. Héctor VarelaFernando Soler1974

Pinned at 1956 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Armando Pontier recordings indexed 1955–1979

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

11 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Canaro
Words
Manuel Romero
Written
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First played
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Its words name
Café de Hansen

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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¿Te acordás, hermano? ¡Qué tiempos aquellos! Eran otros hombres, más hombres los nuestros No se conocía cocó, ni morfina, Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina. ¿Te acordás, hermano? ¡Qué tiempos aquellos! ¡Veinticinco abriles que no volverán! ¡Veinticinco abriles! ¡Volver a tenerlos! ¡Si cuando me acuerdo, me pongo a llorar! ¿Dónde están los muchachos de entonces? Barra antigua de ayer ¿Dónde está? Yo y vos solos quedamos, hermano, Yo y vos solos para recordar... ¿Dónde están las mujeres aquellas, minas fieles, de gran corazón, que en los bailes de Laura peleaban cada cual defendiendo su amor? ¿Te acordás, hermano, la rubia Mireya que quité en lo de Hansen, al loco Cepeda? ¡Casi me suicido una noche por ella... y hoy es una pobre mendiga harapienta! ¿Te acordás, hermano, lo linda que era? Se formaba rueda pa´ verla bailar... Cuando por la calle la veo tan vieja Doy vuelta la cara y me pongo a llorar...

English · machine translation

Do you remember, brother? What times those were! They were other men, our men were more men There was no coconut, no morphine, The boys of yesteryear didn't use hair gel. Do you remember, brother? What times those were! Twenty-five years that will never come back! Twenty-five years! To have them again! When I remember, I start to cry! Where are the boys from back then? Yesterday's old bar, where is it? Me and you are alone, brother, Me and you alone to remember... Where are those women, faithful mines, of great heart, who at Laura's dances fought each one defending her love? Do you remember, brother, the blonde Mireya that I took away at Hansen's, from crazy Cepeda? I almost committed suicide one night for her... and today she's a poor ragged beggar! Do you remember, brother, how pretty she was? She used to form a wheel to see her dance... When I see her so old on the street I turn my face away and start to cry...

Every version

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The catalogue holds 10 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1926 to 1976.
1920’30’40’50’60’70
Recordings of Tiempos viejos · Armando Pontier · 1956 by year, taller the more they are danced · 10 of 10 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 20 more we know of

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoTiempos viejosJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1965
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseTiempos viejosOsvaldo PuglieseAbel CórdobatangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1976
  3. Osvaldo FresedoTiempos viejosOsvaldo FresedoCarlos BarriostangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1953
  4. Armando PontierTiempos viejosArmando PontierJulio Sosatango
    No match yet
    1956
  5. Héctor VarelaTiempos viejosHéctor VarelaFernando Solertango
    No match yet
    1974
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1926
  7. CharloNot in our catalogue1929
  8. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueCharlo · May 271937
  9. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogue1938
  10. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1952
  11. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
  12. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue1961
  13. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Oct 161963
  14. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
  15. Armando MorenoNot in our catalogue
  16. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue
  17. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogue
  18. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone
  19. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue

One recording

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Armando Pontier

Tiempos viejosArmando PontierJulio Sosatango

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Recorded the same day

What else Armando Pontier recorded on Apr 13, 1956.

  1. RepuntandoArmando Pontierinstrumentaltango

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