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La casita de mis viejos · Lucio Demare · 1953

Music by Juan Carlos Cobián, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 12 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2019.
1944: 1 · danced 35 times1950: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 1 times1953: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 2 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 10 times1969: 1 · danced 0 times2007: 1 · danced 0 times2013: 1 · danced 0 times2019: 1 · danced 0 times
1944’60’70’80’90’00’102019
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1944: 1, 35; 1950: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 1; 1953: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 0; 1958: 2, 0; 1965: 1, 10; 1969: 1, 0; 2007: 1, 0; 2013: 1, 0; 2019: 1, 0

  1. Horacio Salgan recorded it in 1957 and 1969.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

La casita de mis viejos · Lucio Demare · 1953 is a tango.† La casita de mis viejos · Lucio Demare · 1953 lasts 02:54.† La casita de mis viejos · Lucio Demare · 1953: The second of Demare's two 1953 solo piano recordings, of a Cobián tango.†

Credit

Music
Juan Carlos Cobián
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 22 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel · Philips · Apr 1
    10 dances
    1965
  2. Lucio DemareInstrumental · Pampa · Jan 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  3. Osvaldo FresedoHéctor Pacheco · Columbia · Sep 18
    1 dance
    1952
  4. Armando PontierJulio Sosa · CBS Columbia · Aug 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  5. Florindo SassoneCarlos Malbran · RCA Victor · Apr 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  6. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · Antar-Telefunken (Montevideo) · Jul 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  7. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · Philips
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  8. Juan Carlos CobianEarliest we holdMost dancedJosé Balbi
    35 dances
    1944
  9. Los Astros Del TangoMusic Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  10. Matilde VitulloJul 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2019
  11. Orquesta Forever Tango
    Not danced on film yet
    2013
  12. Orquesta Típica Imperial
    Not danced on film yet
    2007
  13. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1930
  14. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1931
  15. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1932
  16. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogueAug 91960
  17. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue1961
  18. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueApr 151961
  19. Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueJun 71961
  20. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1973

Lyrics

Español

Barrio tranquilo de mi ayer, como un triste atardecer, a tu esquina vuelvo viejo... Vuelvo más viejo, la vida me ha cambiado... en mi cabeza un poco de plata me ha dejado. Yo fui viajero del dolor y en mi andar de soñador comprendí mi mal de vida, y cada beso lo borré con una copa, las mujeres siempre son las que matan la ilusión. (en un juego de ilusión repartí mi corazón.) Vuelvo vencido a la casita de mis viejos, cada cosa es un recuerdo que se agita en mi memoria, mis veinte abriles me llevaron lejos… locuras juveniles, la falta de consejo. Hay en la casa un hondo y cruel silencio huraño, y al golpear, como un extraño, me recibe el viejo criado… Habré cambiado totalmente, que el anciano por la voz tan sólo me reconoció. Pobre viejita la encontré enfermita; yo le hablé y me miró con unos ojos… Con esos ojos nublados por el llanto como diciéndome porqué tardaste tanto… Ya nunca más he de partir y a tu lado he de sentir el calor de un gran cariño… Sólo una madre nos perdona en esta vida, es la única verdad, es mentira lo demás.

English · machine translation

Quiet neighborhood of my yesterday, like a sad sunset, to your corner I return old... I come back older, life has changed me... in my head a little silver has left me. I was a traveler of pain and in my dreamer's wanderings I understood my evil of life, and every kiss I erased with a drink, women are always the ones who kill the illusion. (in a game of illusion I divided my heart). I return defeated to my parents' house, each thing is a memory that stirs in my memory, my twenty years took me far away... youthful follies, the lack of advice. There is in the house a deep and cruel sullen silence, and when I knock, like a stranger, I am received by the old servant... I must have changed so much, that the old man by my voice only recognized me. Poor old lady, I found her sick; I spoke to her and she looked at me with eyes... With those eyes clouded with tears as if telling me why it took you so long... I will never leave again and by your side I will feel the warmth of a great affection... Only a mother forgives us in this life, is the only truth, everything else is a lie.

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tango.info · 00724383814923-1-10

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tango.info · 02480002042983-1-17

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tango.info · 08427328131193-1-17

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tango.info · 02480002705109-1-1

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Duration 02:54

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The second of Demare's two 1953 solo piano recordings, of a Cobián tango.

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  1. La casita de mis viejosJuan Carlos Cobian · José Balbi1944

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