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Milonguita · 1961

Music by Enrique Delfino, lyrics by Samuel Linnig. 13 recordings in our catalogue, 1920–1981.
1920: 1 · danced 0 times1936: 1 · danced 7 times1944: 1 · danced 1 times1950: 1 · danced 1 times1953: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 0 times1961: 1 · danced 0 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 3 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times1980: 1 · danced 0 times1981: 1 · danced 0 times
1920’30’40’50’60’701981
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1920: 1, 0; 1936: 1, 7; 1944: 1, 1; 1950: 1, 1; 1953: 1, 0; 1958: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 0; 1961: 1, 0; 1962: 1, 0; 1965: 1, 3; 1968: 1, 0; 1980: 1, 0; 1981: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo recorded it in 1944 and 1961.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Enrique Delfino
Lyrics
Samuel Linnig

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

13 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 26 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloNelly Vázquez · RCA Victor · Jan 13
    3 dances
    1965
  2. Ricardo TanturiHoracio Roca · RCA Victor · Aug 16
    1 dance
    1950
  3. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Mar 3
    1 dance
    1944
  4. Osvaldo FresedoHugo Marcel · Columbia · Sep 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1961
  5. Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante · Odeon · Jun 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  6. Francisco CanaroMost dancedRoberto Maida · Odeon · Nov 23
    7 dances
    1936
  7. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · Odeon · May 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  8. Enrique AlessioJosé Berón · Jun 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  9. José De AltoInstrumental · Sep 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  10. Los Astros Del TangoInstrumental · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  11. Orquesta Típica SelectEarliest we holdInstrumental · Victor · Aug 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1920
  12. Raúl GarelloInstrumental · Dec 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1981
  13. Roberto GoyenecheInstrumental · Jul 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1980
  14. José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1920
  15. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1920
  16. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1933
  17. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Dec 111935
  18. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1942
  19. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1951
  20. Ismael SpitalnikNot in our catalogueAldo Calderón · May 221953

Lyrics

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

¿Te acordás, Milonguita? Vos eras la pebeta más linda 'e Chiclana; la pollera cortona y las trenzas, y en las trenzas un beso de sol. Y en aquellas noches de verano, ¿qué soñaba tu almita, mujer, al oír en la esquina algún tango chamayarte bajito de amor? Estercita, hoy te llaman Milonguita, flor de noche y de placer, flor de lujo y cabaret. Milonguita, los hombres te han hecho mal y hoy darías toda tu alma por vestirte de percal. Cuando sales por la madrugada, Milonguita, de aquel cabaret, toda tu alma temblando de frío dices: ¡Ay, si pudiera querer!... Y entre el vino y el último tango p'al te saca un ... ¡Ay, qué sola, Estercita, te sientes! Si llorás...¡dicen que es el champán!

English · machine translation

Do you remember, Milonguita? You were the prettiest little girl in Chiclana; the short skirt and the braids, and in your braids a kiss of sunshine. And on those summer nights, what did your little soul dream of, woman, when you heard on the corner some tango chamayarte low of love? Estercita, today they call you Milonguita, flower of night and pleasure, flower of luxury and cabaret. Milonguita, men have done you wrong and today you would give all your soul to dress in calico. When you go out at dawn, Milonguita, from that cabaret, your whole soul shivering with cold you say: Oh, if only I could love!... And between the wine and the last tango to the cotorro, you take out a bacán... Oh, how lonely, Estercita, you feel! If you cry... they say it's the champagne!

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  1. MilonguitaOrquesta Típica Select · no clip yet1920

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