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Milonga del novecientos · Francisco Canaro · 1933

Music by Sebastián Piana, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–2003.
1933: 1 · danced 9 times2003: 1 · danced 0 times
1933’40’50’60’70’80’902003
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1933: 1, 9; 2003: 1, 0

Milonga del novecientos · Francisco Canaro · 1933 was sung by Ernesto Famá.†

Credit

Music
Sebastián Piana
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedErnesto Famá · Odeon · May 8
    9 dances
    1933
  2. Orquesta Típica Imperial
    Not danced on film yet
    2003

Lyrics

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

Me gusta lo desparejo y no voy por la 'vedera'. Uso funghi a lo 'Massera', calzo bota militar. La quise porque la quise y por eso ando penando, se me fue ya ni sé cuándo, ni se cuándo volverá. Me la nombran las guitarras cuando dicen su canción. Las callecitas del barrio y el filo de mi . Me la nombran las estrellas y el viento del arrabal. No sé pa' qué me la nombran si no la puedo olvidar. Soy desconfiao en amores, y soy confiao en el juego. Donde me invitan me quedo y donde sobro también. Soy del partido de todos y con todos me la entiendo, pero váyanlo sabiendo ¡soy hombre de Leandro Alem! No me gusta el empedrao ni me doy con lo moderno. Descanso cuando ando enfermo y después que me he sanao. La quiero porque la quiero y por eso la perdono. No hay nada peor que un encono para vivir amargao.

English · machine translation

I like the uneven and I don't go for the 'vedera'. I wear funghi a la 'Massera', I wear military boots. I wanted it because I wanted it and that's why I'm in pain, she's gone and I don't even know when, I don't even know when she'll be back. The guitars call her name to me when they sing her song. The little streets of the neighborhood and the edge of my facon. It is named for me by the stars and the wind of the suburbs. I don't know why they name her to me if I can't forget her. I am distrustful in love, and I am confident in the game. Where I'm invited I stay and where I'm left over too. I belong to everyone's party and I get along with everyone, but you should know that I am a man from Leandro Alem! I don't like the cobblestone and I don't like modern things. I rest when I'm sick and after I've healed. I love her because I love her and that's why I forgive her. There is nothing worse than a bitterness to live bitterly.

Danced to it

Music from 1933 · danced on film 2016–2026

20162026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2016: 1, 2022: 1, 2026: 1

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Ernesto FamáMay 8, 1933

Single source

Audio feature15

Audio feature 161.5

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Audio feature 0.951

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Audio feature A

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Audio feature 0.792

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Audio feature -25.1

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Audio feature 0.392

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Audio feature 0.348

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Audio feature 0.219

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Audio feature 0.015

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Audio feature 0.001

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Audio feature 0.766

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Audio feature 160.2

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Audio feature 80.1

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Audio feature step

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Milonga del novecientosFrancisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá1933

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