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Rie payaso · Juan D'Arienzo · 1959

Juan D'ArienzoMario BustostangoRCA Victor
Music by Virgilio Carmona. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1929–1959.

Pinned at 1959 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: Late years, 1957–1976

Rie payaso · Juan D'Arienzo · 1959 was sung by Mario Bustos.†† Rie payaso · Juan D'Arienzo · 1959 is a tango.† Rie payaso · Juan D'Arienzo · 1959 lasts 02:53.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

453 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Virgilio Carmona
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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El payaso con sus muecas y su risa exagerada, nos invita, camaradas, a gozar del carnaval; no notáis en esa risa una pena disfrazada, que su cara almidonada, nos oculta una verdad. Ven payaso, yo te invito, compañero de tristezas, ven y siéntate a mi mesa si te quieres embriagar; que si tu tienes tus penas yo también tengo las mías y el champagne hace olvidar. Ríe, tu risa me contagia con la divina magia de tu gracia sin par. Bebamos mucho, bebamos porque quiero, con todo este dinero hacer mi carnaval. Lloras, payaso buen amigo. No llores que hay testigos que ignoran tu pesar; seca tu llanto y ríe con alborozo, a ver, pronto, ¡ mozo, tráigame más champagne! Yo, también, como el payaso de la triste carcajada, tengo el alma destrozada y también quiero olvidar; embriagarme de placeres en orgías desenfrenadas con mujeres alquiladas entre música y champagne. Hace uno año, justamente, era muy de madrugada, regresaba a mi morada con deseos de descansar; al llegar vi luz prendida en el cuarto de mi amada... es mejor no recordar.

English · machine translation

The clown with his grimaces and his exaggerated laughter invites us, comrades, to enjoy the carnival; don't you notice in that laughter a disguised sorrow, that his starched face, hides a truth from us. Come clown, I invite you, companion of sorrows, come and sit at my table if you want to get drunk; if you have your sorrows I have mine too and champagne makes you forget. Laugh, your laughter infects me with the divine magic of your peerless grace. Let's drink a lot, let's drink because I want to, with all this money to make my carnival. You cry, good friend clown. Don't cry, there are witnesses who ignore your grief; dry your tears and laugh with joy, let's see, soon, waiter, bring me more champagne! I, too, like the clown of the sad laughter, my soul is broken and I also want to forget; to intoxicate myself with pleasures in unbridled orgies with rented women amidst music and champagne. A year ago, exactly one year ago, it was very early in the morning, I was returning to my abode wanting to rest; when I arrived I saw a light on in my beloved's room... it is better not to remember.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1929 to 1959.
1920’30’40’50
Recordings of Rie payaso · Juan D'Arienzo · 1959 by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, with 100% of the 453 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

2 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. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdRie payasoRoberto FirpoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1929
  2. Florindo SassoneRie payasoFlorindo SassoneRoberto ChaneltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1949
  3. Ángel VargasRie payasoÁngel Vargassinger unknowntangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1952
  4. Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1929
  5. Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Aug 261929
  6. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogue1944
  7. Roberto QuirogaNot in our catalogue1945
  8. Enrique AlessioNot in our catalogueHugo Soler · May 171950
  9. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · May 51952
  10. Roberto QuirogaNot in our catalogue
  11. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Juan D'Arienzo

Rie payasoJuan D'ArienzoMario BustostangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1959 · danced on film 2008–2010

20082010
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2010: 1

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Singers1

Sung by Mario BustosNov 12, 1959

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 00743211597920-1-9

tango.info · 02480002332350-2-2

tango.info · 02480002330288-1-6

tango.info · 00828766935028-1-17

tango.info · 02480002159292-1-18

tango.info · 00743214128428-1-17

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:53

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Rie payasoRoberto Firposinger unknown

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