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Sobre el pucho · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1968

Osvaldo FresedoOsvaldo AranatangoArte
Music by Sebastián Piana, lyrics by José González Castillo. 12 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version12

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1924

  1. Juan D'ArienzoHéctor Mauré1941
  2. Carlos Di SarliErnesto Famá1931
  3. Aníbal Troilo1968
  4. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Luna · Osvaldo Arana1944196119681969
  5. Francisco Canaro19241927
  6. Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz1951

Pinned at 1968 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Osvaldo Fresedo recordings indexed 1926–1980 · 3 applied periods in gold

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

41 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Sebastián Piana
Words
José González Castillo
Written
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First played
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Its words name
Nueva Pompeya

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Un callejón de Pompeya y un farolito plateando el fango y allí un malevo que fuma, y un organito moliendo un tango; y al son de aquella milonga, más que su vida mistonga, meditando, aquel malevo recordó la canción de su dolor. Yo soy aquel que, en Corrales, -los carnavales de mis amores- hizo brillar tus bellezas con las lindezas de sus primores; pero tu inconstancia loca me arrebató de tu boca, como pucho que se tira cuando ya ni sabor ni aroma da. Tango querido que ya pa'siempre pasó, como pucho consumió las delicias de mi vida que hoy cenizas sólo son. Tango querido que ya pa'siempre calló, ¿quién entonces me diría que vos te llevarías mi única ilusión?

English · machine translation

An alley in Pompeii and a streetlamp silvering the mud and there a malevo smoking and a little organ grinding a tango; and to the sound of that milonga, more than his mistonga life, meditating, that malevo remembered the song of his pain. I am he who, in Corrales, -the carnivals of my loves- made your beauties shine with the beauty of its primors; but your crazy inconstancy snatched me from your mouth, like a fag that is thrown away when it no longer neither taste nor scent. Dear tango that's gone forever, like a cigarette consumed the delights of my life that today are only ashes. Dear tango that has fallen silent forever, who then would tell me that you would take away my only illusion?

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 12 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1924 to 1969.
1920’30’40’50’60
Recordings of Sobre el pucho · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1968 by year, taller the more they are danced · 12 of 12 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1941, with 95% of the 41 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

9 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. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedSobre el puchoJuan D'ArienzoHéctor MaurétangoRCA Victor
    39 dances · 95%
    1941
  2. Carlos Di SarliSobre el puchoCarlos Di SarliErnesto FamátangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1931
  3. Francisco RotundoSobre el puchoFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1951
  4. Aníbal TroiloSobre el puchoAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1968
  5. Horacio SalganSobre el puchoHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilips
    No match yet
    1969
  6. Osvaldo Manzi Y El Octeto MarabúSobre el puchoOsvaldo Manzi Y El Octeto MarabútangoMicrofon
    No match yet
    1969
  7. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1923
  8. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1925
  9. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueSep 21925
  10. Cuarteto Troilo-GrelaNot in our catalogue1953
  11. Lita MoralesNot in our catalogueMar 211956
  12. Carlos FigariNot in our catalogueTita Merello1964
  13. Los Solistas de D'ArienzoNot in our catalogueAlberto Echagüe1983
  14. Tita MerelloNot in our catalogue
  15. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
  16. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  17. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue
  18. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue

One recording

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Osvaldo Fresedo

Sobre el puchoOsvaldo FresedoOsvaldo AranatangoArte

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