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La última copa · Carlos Gardel · 1927

Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1926–1987.

La última copa · Carlos Gardel · 1927 has matrix number 919.†

Credit

Music
Francisco Canaro
Lyrics
Juan Andrés Caruso

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

14 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1926
  2. Francisco CanaroAgustin Irusta · Odeon · Mar 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  3. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jun 141927
  4. Francisco CanaroMost dancedCharlo · Odeon · May 13
    14 dances
    1931
  5. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo · RCA Victor · Apr 29
    7 dances
    1943
  6. Francisco CanaroAlberto Arenas · Odeon · Jan 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1948
  7. Luis CarusoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Mar 111948
  8. Lorenzo BarberoNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jun 281950
  9. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán · Odeon · Oct 6
    8 dances
    1953
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1954
  11. Francisco CanaroGuillermo Rico · Odeon · Sep 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  12. Héctor GranéInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  13. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDalva de Oliveira · May 201957
  14. Alfredo De AngelisJuan Carlos Godoy · Odeon · Apr 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  15. Michiko MaedaNot in our catalogue1960
  16. Miguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi · Odeon Colombia
    2 dances
    1965
  17. Florindo SassoneMario Bustos · Odeon · Mar 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  18. Sexteto TangoJorge Maciel · Oct 18
    3 dances
    1968
  19. Florindo SassoneOscar Macri · País
    Not danced on film yet
    1974
  20. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter Gutiérrez · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1987

Lyrics

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Eche amigo, nomás, écheme y llene hasta el borde la copa de champán, que esta noche de y de alegría el dolor que hay en mi alma quiero ahogar. Es la última de mi vida, de mi vida, muchachos, que se va... mejor dicho, se ha ido tras de aquella que no supo mi amor nunca apreciar. Yo la quise, muchachos, y la quiero y jamás yo la podré olvidar; yo me emborracho por ella y ella quién sabe qué hará. Eche, mozo, más champán, que todo mi dolor, bebiendo lo he de ahogar; y si la ven, muchachos, díganle que ha sido por su amor que mi vida ya se fue. Y brindemos, nomás, la última copa, que tal vez también ella ahora estará ofreciendo en algún brindis su boca y otra boca feliz la besará. Eche, amigo, nomás, écheme y llene hasta el borde la copa de champán, que mi vida se ha ido tras de aquella que no supo mi amor nunca apreciar.

English · machine translation

Just pour, my friend, just pour me and fill the champagne glass the champagne glass to the brim, for this night of revelry and joy I want to drown the pain in my soul. This is the last party of my life, of my life, boys, which is leaving... or rather, it's gone after the one that my love never knew how to appreciate. I loved her, boys, and I love her and I can never forget her; I get drunk for her and who knows what she'll do. Pour, waiter, more champagne, than all my pain, I'll drown it in drink; And if you see her, boys, tell her that it was for her love that my life is already gone. And let's toast, just the last glass, that maybe she too will now be offering her mouth in some toast and another happy mouth will kiss her. Pour, my friend, just pour, pour me and fill up the champagne glass to the brim, that my life has gone after the one that my love never knew how to appreciate.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19261987

1926: 1, 1927: 1, 1931: 1, 1943: 1, 1948: 1, 1953: 1, 1956: 1, 1957: 1, 1958: 1, 1965: 1, 1966: 1, 1968: 1, 1974: 1, 1987: 1

Recordings1

Recorded in June 14, 1927

Single source

Matrix number1

Matrix number 919Jun 14, 1927

Single source

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  1. La última copaFrancisco Canaro1926

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