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Siempre es carnaval · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1937

Music by Osvaldo Fresedo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–2021.

Siempre es carnaval · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1937 was sung by Roberto Ray.††

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Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19372021

1937: 1, 2021: 1

Credit

Music
Osvaldo Fresedo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

¡Cuántos viven disfrazados sin saber que así quedaron! ¡Cuántos se oyen sin reír! Este mundo es escenario de un gran cine continuado que nos hace consumir. Cuánto, al fin, se macanea, ya que nunca es todo cierto, y es un juego el acertar: 'La señora está indispuesta' o 'ha salido hace un momento'; y el esposo se hace el muerto si es que vienen a cobrar. Y siempre es carnaval. Van cayendo serpentinas, unas gruesas y otras finas que nos hacen tambalear. Y cuando en tu disfraz la careta queda ausente en tu cara de inocente, todo el año es carnaval. ¡Y viva el carnaval! Vos ves siempre lucecitas. Sos la eterna mascarita que gozás con engañar. Y cuando en tu disfraz la careta queda ausente en tu cara de inocente, todo el año es carnaval. ¡Qué tuviste una fortuna! ¡Qué de oro fue tu cuna! Que esto cuesta: ¡Qué se yo! Las mujeres y los hombres por tu amor tocan la luna y otras cosas más por vos... ¡Y si hablás de tu familia!... tu pretérito imperfecto lo pasaste como un rey. Yo quisiera que me digas, y dejando un poco de esto, si la cuenta vos has hecho ¿cuántos pesos me debés?

English · machine translation

How many live in disguise without knowing that this is the way they are! How many hear themselves without laughing! This world is the stage of a great continuous cinema that makes us consume. How much, in the end, it is fooled, since it is never all true, and it is a game to get it right: 'The lady is indisposed' or 'she went out a moment ago'; and the husband plays dead if they come to collect. And it is always carnival. Streamers are falling, some thick and others thin that make us stagger. And when in your costume the mask is absent in your innocent face, the whole year is carnival. And long live carnival! You always see little lights. You are the eternal little mask who enjoys deceiving. And when in your disguise the mask is absent in your innocent face, the whole year is carnival. What a fortune you had! How golden was your cradle! That this costs: what do I know! Women and men for your love touch the moon and other things for you... And if you talk about your family!... your imperfect past tense you spent it like a king. I would like you to tell me, and leaving some of this aside, if you have made the account how many pesos do you owe me?

Every recording

2 recordings by year · source: TangoCloud catalogue

  1. Siempre es carnavalOsvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray1937
  2. Siempre es carnavalOrquesta Típica Andariega · Marisol Martínez2021

Issued on record

Label, catalogue and matrix numbers of each record. A year is the year the record was issued. Source: TangoCloud catalogue.

  • 1937

    Victor 38113 · Osvaldo Fresedo Y Su Orquesta Típica

    Shellac · Argentina · side B

Singers1

Sung by Roberto RayFeb 22, 1937Supported · 2

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  1. Siempre es carnavalOsvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray · no clip yet1937

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