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Buenos Aires · Carlos Gardel · 1923

Music by Manuel Jovés, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 12 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–2020.
1930: 1 · danced 0 times1941: 1 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 0 times1949: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1954: 1 · danced 0 times1956: 2 · danced 1 times1960: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 2 · danced 0 times2020: 1 · danced 11 times
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’102020
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1930: 1, 0; 1941: 1, 0; 1942: 1, 0; 1949: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 0; 1954: 1, 0; 1956: 2, 1; 1960: 1, 0; 1965: 2, 0; 2020: 1, 11

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1942, 1952 and 1965. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Manuel Jovés
Lyrics
Manuel Romero

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 15 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Florio · RCA Victor · Apr 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  2. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Dec 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  3. Aníbal TroiloJorge Casal · TK
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  4. Aníbal TroiloTito Reyes · RCA Victor · Dec 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  5. Francisco CanaroAlberto Arenas · Odeon · Apr 13
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  6. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Apr 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1930
  7. Francisco LomutoJorge Omar · RCA Victor · Jun 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1941
  8. Armando PontierOscar Ferrari · Oct 17
    1 dance
    1956
  9. Florindo SassoneOscar Macri · Odeon · Aug 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  10. Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)Columbia
    Not danced on film yet
    1960
  11. Orquesta Típica SilencioMost dancedHernán Genovese · Jun 1
    11 dances
    2020
  12. Eduardo Del PianoHéctor de Rosas · Nov 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  13. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1923
  14. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1923
  15. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1930
  16. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1930
  17. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogueMar 201930
  18. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogueApr 11930
  19. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueJul 11948
  20. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue1965

Lyrics

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

Buenos Aires la Reina del Plata, Buenos Aires mi tierra querida; escuchá mi canción que con ella va mi vida. En mis horas de fiebre y orgía, harto ya de placer y locura, en ti pienso patria mía para calmar mi amargura. Noches porteñas, bajo tu manto dichas y llanto muy juntos van. Risas y besos, corrida, todo se olvida con el champán. Y a la salida de la milonga se oye a una nena pidiendo pan, por algo es que en el gotán siempre solloza una pena. Y al compás rezongón de los fuelles un a la mina la embrolla, y el llorar del violín va pintando el alma criolla. Buenos Aires, cual a una querida si estás lejos mejor hay que amarte, y decir toda la vida antes morir que olvidarte.

English · machine translation

Buenos Aires the Queen of the River Plate, Buenos Aires my beloved land; listen to my song that my life goes with it. In my hours of fever and orgy fed up with pleasure and madness, I think of you, my homeland to calm my bitterness. Porteño nights, under your mantle joy and tears go hand in hand. Laughter and kisses, a long night out, all is forgotten with champagne. And at the exit of the milonga a girl can be heard begging for bread, it's not for nothing that in the gotán always sobs a sorrow. And to the rhythmic beat of the bellows a bacán (a bacán) makes the mine muddle, and the weeping of the violin painting the Creole soul. Buenos Aires, like a dear one if you are far away it is better to love you and say all your life rather die than forget you.

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  1. Buenos AiresFrancisco Lomuto · no clip yet1930

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