Song
El porteñito · Cuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo · 1951
1928: 1, 5; 1937: 1, 4; 1941: 1, 1; 1943: 1, 26; 1951: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 1
Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) recorded it in 1941 and 1959.
How we know
Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.
El porteñito · Cuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo · 1951 is a milonga.† El porteñito · Cuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo · 1951 lasts 02:30.†
Credit
- Music
- Ángel Villoldo
- Lyrics
- Ángel Villoldo
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 29 more we know of
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 314 dances1937
- Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Mar 2326 dances1943
- Típica VictorEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 265 dances1928
- Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Jun 61 dance1941
- Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Apr 91 dance1959
- Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoNov 7Not danced on film yet1951
- Alfredo E. GobbiNot in our catalogue1924
- Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueSep 41935
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJun 61941
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril1946
- Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueJul 271949
- Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueSep 241952
- Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue1954
- Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogue1958
- Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 91959
- Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueAug 231966
- Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
- Color TangoNot in our catalogue1996
- Alberto CastilloNot in our catalogue
Lyrics
Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.
Soy hijo de Buenos Aires, por apodo 'El porteñito', el criollo más compadrito que en esta tierra nació. Cuando un tango en la vigüela rasguea algún compañero no hay nadie en el mundo entero que baile mejor que yo. No hay ninguno que me iguale para enamorar mujeres, puro hablar de pareceres, puro filo y nada más. Y al hacerle la encarada la fileo de cuerpo entero asegurando el puchero con el que dará. Soy el terror del malevaje cuando en un baile me meto, porque a ninguno respeto de los que hay en la reunión. Y si alguno se retoba y viene haciéndose el guapo lo mando de un castañazo a buscar quien lo engrupió. Cuando el ya escasea le formo un cuento a mi china que es la más ladina que pisó el barrio del sur. Y como caído del cielo entra el níquel al bolsillo y al compás de un organillo bailo el tango a su 'salú'.
English · machine translation
I am a son of Buenos Aires, by nickname 'El porteñito', the most compadrito criollo who was born in this land. When a tango in the reed strummed by some fellow there is no one in the whole world who dances better than me. There's no one who can match me for making women fall in love, pure talk of opinions, pure edge and nothing more. And when I face her I fillet her full body assuring the pot with the wind that it will give. I'm the terror of the wicked when I get into a dance, because I respect no one of those in the gathering. And if any of them frolic and comes in pretending to be handsome I send him off with a chestnut to look for the one who has made him a fool. When the wind is scarce I make up a story for my china who is the most ladina paica who ever set foot in the southern neighborhood. And as if it fell from the sky the nickel enters my pocket and to the beat of a barrel organ I dance the tango to her 'salú'.
What we don't know yet4 of 5 known
The record label.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
In other catalogues9
tango.info · 02480002337188-2-7
Single sourcetango.info · 08427328149020-1-4
Single sourcetango.info · 02480002706120-2-1
Single sourcetango.info · 00724354169922-1-2
Single sourcetango.info · 08427328146098-2-15
Single sourcetango.info · 08427328130080-1-2
Single sourcetango.info · 07798108080514-1-11
Single sourcetango.info · 08427328999021-3-20
Single sourcetango.info · 02480002122227-1-15
Single sourceIs a1
Is a milonga
Single sourceDuration1
Duration 02:30
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