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Cascabelito · Ángel Vargas · 1951

Ángel VargasÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
Music by José Bohr, lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1985.

Pinned at 1951 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Ángel Vargas recordings indexed 1951–1959

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

170 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José Bohr
Words
Juan Andrés Caruso
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Entre la loca alegría volvamos a darnos cita misteriosa mascarita de aquel loco Carnaval. Donde estás Cascabelito, mascarita pizpireta, tan bonita y tan coqueta con tu risa de cristal. Cascabel, Cascabelito; ríe, ríe y no llores que tu risa juvenil tenga perfumes de tus amores. Cascabel, Cascabelito; ríe, no tengas cuidado que aunque no estoy a tu lado te llevo en mi corazón. Mascarita misteriosa, por tener mi alma suspensa me ofreciste en recompensa tu boca como un clavel. Y cuando nos despedimos llenos de dulce embeleso, el ruido de nuestro beso lo apagó tu cascabel.

English · machine translation

Amidst the mad joy let's meet again mysterious little mask of that crazy Carnival. Where are you Cascabelito, you little mask, so pretty and so flirtatious, so pretty and so flirtatious with your crystal laughter. Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake; laugh, laugh and don't cry may your youthful laughter may your youthful laughter be perfumed with the perfumes of your loves. Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake laugh, don't be careful that although I am not by your side I carry you in my heart. Mysterious little mask, for keeping my soul in suspense you offered me as a reward your mouth like a carnation. And when we said goodbye filled with sweet rapture, the noise of our kiss was extinguished by your rattle.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 8 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1924 to 1985.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Cascabelito · Ángel Vargas · 1951 by year, taller the more they are danced · 8 of 8 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1955, with 85% of the 170 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

7 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedCascabelitoOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoOdeon
    145 dances · 85%
    1955
  2. Carlos Di SarliCascabelitoCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
    20 dances · 12%
    1941
  3. Ángel D'AgostinoCascabelitoÁngel D'AgostinoRicardo RuiztangoRCA Victor
    5 dances · 3%
    1953
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCascabelitoFrancisco Canarosinger unknowntangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1924
  5. Ángel VargasCascabelitoÁngel Vargassinger unknowntangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1956
  6. Jorge CaldaraCascabelitoJorge Caldarainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1959
  7. Florindo SassoneCascabelitoFlorindo SassoneOscar MacritangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1970
  8. Alfredo De AngelisCascabelitoAlfredo De AngelisRubén LinarestangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1985
  9. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
  10. José BohrNot in our catalogue1927
  11. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueAda Falcón · Jun 171930
  12. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Jun 191951
  13. Edelmiro D'AmarioNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Oct 301956
  14. Ada FalcónNot in our catalogue
  15. Horacio MalvicinoNot in our catalogue

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  1. CascabelitoFrancisco Canarosinger unknown

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