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La puñalada · José Basso · 1955

Music by Pintín Castellanos, lyrics by Celedonio Flores. 16 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–2014.

La puñalada · José Basso · 1955 is a milonga.† La puñalada · José Basso · 1955 lasts 02:33.†

Credit

Music
Pintín Castellanos
Lyrics
Celedonio Flores

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

16 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 32 more we know of

  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Apr 27
    4 dances
    1937
  2. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Jun 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1937
  3. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue1937
  4. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1937
  5. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Gómez · Dec 21937
  6. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 23
    80 dances
    1943
  7. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Oct 8
    2 dances
    1946
  8. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 141948
  9. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  10. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Columbia · Dec 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  11. Enrique MoraNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 161950
  12. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 12
    4 dances
    1951
  13. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Nov 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  14. José BassoInstrumental · Odeon · Sep 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  15. Manuel PizarroNot in our catalogueInstrumental1959
  16. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 10
    2 dances
    1963
  17. Héctor VarelaInstrumental · Apr 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  18. Los siete del tangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Apr 71967
  19. Donato RacciattiInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1971
  20. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoInstrumental · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1975

Lyrics

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

Mentan los que saben que un malevo muy de agallas y de fama bien sentada por el barrio de Palermo cayó un día taconeando prepotente a un bailongo donde había puntos bravos pa'l . Lo empezaron a mirar con un aire sobrador pero el mozo, sin chistar, a una puerta se arrimó. Los dejó sobrar. Los dejó decir. Y pa' no pelear tuvo que sufrir. Pero la pebeta más bonita, la que estaba más metida en el alma de los tauras, esa noche con la vista lo incitaba a que saliera a darles dique y a jugarse en un tango su cartel. Se cruzó un gran rencor y otro rencor a la luz de un farolito a querosén y un puñal que parte en dos un corazón porque así lo quiso aquella cruel mujer. Cuentan los que vieron que los guapos culebrearon con sus cuerpos y buscaron afanosos el descuido del contrario y en un claro de la guardia hundió el mozo de Palermo hasta el mango su .

English · machine translation

Those who know that a malevo of guts and of fame well seated in the neighborhood of Palermo fell one day heeled high heeled to a dancehall where there were brave stitches for the facon. They began to look at him with an air of sobriety but the waiter, without complaining, approached a door. He let them be left over. He let them say. And in order not to fight he had to suffer. But the prettiest the prettiest, the one who was most deeply in the soul of the tauras, that night with her eyes incited him to go out to give them dyke and to gamble in a tango his poster. They crossed a great rancor and another rancor in the light of a kerosene lantern and a dagger that splits a heart in two because that that cruel woman wanted it. Those who saw it say that the handsome they snaked with their bodies and searched eagerly the carelessness of the opponent and in a clearing of the guard sank the Palermo of Palermo up to the handle his facon.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19372014

1937: 2, 1943: 1, 1946: 1, 1949: 1, 1950: 1, 1951: 2, 1955: 1, 1963: 1, 1967: 1, 1971: 1, 1975: 1, 1987: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 1

In other catalogues1

tango.info · 00094638988328-1-10

Single source

Is a1

Is a milonga

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Duration1

Duration 02:33

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  1. La puñaladaJuan D'Arienzo1937

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