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Mi vieja viola · Aníbal Troilo · 1951

Aníbal TroiloJorge CasaltangoTK
Music by Humberto Correa, lyrics by Humberto Correa. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1950–1964.

Pinned at 1951 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: TK years, 1950–1957

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Music
Humberto Correa
Lyrics
Humberto Correa

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1950 to 1964.

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1950’60
Recordings of Mi vieja viola · Aníbal Troilo · 1951 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 · 12 more we know of

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMi vieja violaAníbal TroiloJorge CasaltangoTK
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  2. Aníbal TroiloMi vieja violaAníbal TroiloTito ReyestangoRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1964
  3. José BassoMost dancedMi vieja violaJosé BassoOscar FerraritangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1950
  4. Alberto MarinoMi vieja violaAlberto Marinosinger unknowntango
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  5. Eduardo Del PianoEarliest we holdMi vieja violaEduardo Del PianoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  6. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1952
  7. Victor Hugo BaralisNot in our catalogueAlberto Marino · Jan 211952
  8. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
  9. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  10. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  11. Lágrima Ríos, Anibal AriasNot in our catalogue
  12. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue
  13. Ranko FujisawaNot in our catalogue
  14. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
  15. TangodrimsNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  16. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa
  17. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

Lyrics

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Vieja viola, garufera y vibradora de las horas de parranda y , de las tantas serenatas a la lora que hoy es dueña de mi cuore y patrona del , ¡cómo estás de abandonada y silenciosa, después que fuiste mi sueño de cantor! Quien te ha oído sonar papa y melodiosa no dice que sos la diosa de mi pobre corazón. Es que la gola se va y la fama es puro cuento y andando mal y sin todo, todo se acabó... Hoy sólo queda el recuerdo de pasadas alegrías, pero estás vos, viola mía, hasta que me vaya yo. Cuántas noches bajo el brazo de la zurda por cubrirte del sereno te llevé y por más que me encontrase bien en curda, conservándome en la línea, de otros curdas te cuidé. Si los años de la vida me componen y la suerte me rempuja a encarrilar, yo te juro que te cambio los bordones me rechiflo del escabio y te vuelvo a hacer sonar.

English · machine translation

Old viola, garufera and vibrator of the hours of partying and copetín, of the many serenades to the lora (a female singer) who today is mistress of my heart and patroness of the bulín, how abandoned and silent you are! after you were my singer's dream! Whoever has heard you sounding papa and melodious does not say that you are the goddess of my poor heart. It is that the gola goes away and fame is just a story and walking badly and without wind everything, everything is over... Today only the memory remains of past joys, but there is you, my viola, until I go away. How many nights under the arm of the left-handed one to cover you from the serene I took you and no matter how well I was in curda, keeping me in line, I took care of you from other curdas. If the years of life compose me and the luck puts me back on track, I swear to you that I'll change your drones. I will rejoice of the scabio and I will make you sound again.

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