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Cafetín de Buenos Aires · Mariano Mores · 1953

Mariano Moressungtango
Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by Mariano Mores. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1948–1977.

Who recorded it

Every version8

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1948

  1. Aníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero1948
  2. Miguel CalóAlberto Marino1967
  3. Osvaldo FresedoOsvaldo Cordo1948
  4. José BassoHéctor de Rosas1964
  5. Roberto Goyeneche1968
  6. Mariano MoresEnrique Lucero · Nito Mores195319571977

Pinned at 1953 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Mariano Mores recordings indexed 1951–1986

The song

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6 orchestras recorded it

7 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Mariano Mores
Words
Mariano Mores
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

De chiquilín te miraba de afuera como a esas cosas que nunca se alcanzan... La ñata contra el vidrio, en un azul de frío, que sólo fue después viviendo igual al mío... Como una escuela de todas las cosas, ya de muchacho me diste entre asombros: el cigarrillo, la fe en mis sueños y una esperanza de amor. Cómo olvidarte en esta queja, cafetín de Buenos Aires, si sos lo único en la vida que se pareció a mi vieja... En tu mezcla milagrosa de sabihondos y suicidas, yo aprendí filosofía... dados... timba... y la poesía cruel de no pensar más en mí. Me diste en oro un puñado de amigos, que son los mismos que alientan mis horas: (José, el de la quimera... Marcial, que aún cree y espera... y el flaco Abel que se nos fue pero aún me guía....). Sobre tus mesas que nunca preguntan lloré una tarde el primer desengaño, nací a las penas, bebí mis años y me entregué sin luchar.

English · machine translation

When I was a little boy I looked at you from the outside like those things that you never reach... The leg against the glass, in a cold blue, that was only later living the same as mine... Like a school of all things, already as a boy you gave me among astonishments: the cigarette, faith in my dreams and a hope of love. How to forget you in this complaint, coffee shop of Buenos Aires, if you are the only thing in life that resembled my old lady... In your miraculous mixture of know-it-alls and suicides, I learned philosophy... dice... timba... and the cruel poetry of not thinking about me anymore. You gave me, in gold, a handful of friends.., who are the same ones that encourage my hours: (José, the one of the chimera.... Marcial, who still believes and hopes? and the skinny Abel who left us but still guides me ....). On your tables that never ask questions I cried one afternoon the first disappointment, I was born to sorrows, I drank my years and gave myself up without a fight.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 8 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1948 to 1977.
1940’50’60’70
Recordings of Cafetín de Buenos Aires · Mariano Mores · 1953 by year, taller the more they are danced · 8 of 8 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 19 more we know of

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  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdCafetín de Buenos AiresAníbal TroiloEdmundo RiverotangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1948
  2. Miguel CalóCafetín de Buenos AiresMiguel CalóAlberto MarinotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1967
  3. Osvaldo FresedoCafetín de Buenos AiresOsvaldo FresedoOsvaldo CordotangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1948
  4. José BassoCafetín de Buenos AiresJosé BassoHéctor de RosastangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1964
  5. Roberto GoyenecheMost dancedCafetín de Buenos AiresRoberto Goyenechesungtango
    6 dances
    1968
  6. Hugo Di CarloNot in our cataloguePablo Moreno1948
  7. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogueTania · Jul 11948
  8. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueAlberto Fontán Luna · Nov 251948
  9. Osvaldo CordóNot in our catalogueOsvaldo Cordó1959
  10. Ángel DomínguezNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1967
  11. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche1968
  12. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1973
  13. Rubén JuárezNot in our catalogue
  14. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  15. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  16. Virginia LuqueNot in our catalogue
  17. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogue
  18. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue
  19. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

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Mariano Mores

Cafetín de Buenos AiresMariano Moressungtango

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