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Siempre es carnaval

Music by Osvaldo Fresedo, lyrics by Emilio Fresedo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–2021.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1937

  1. Osvaldo FresedoRoberto Ray1937
  2. Orquesta Típica AndariegaMarisol Martínez2021

Versions of Siempre es carnaval recorded 1937–2021

Siempre es carnaval was composed by Osvaldo Fresedo.

Siempre es carnaval is a tango.

Siempre es carnaval was published in 1937.

The lyrics of Siempre es carnaval are by Emilio Fresedo.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

12 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Osvaldo Fresedo
Words
Emilio Fresedo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

¡Cuántos viven disfrazados sin saber que así quedaron! ¡Cuántos se oyen sin reír! Este mundo es escenario de un gran cine continuado que nos hace consumir. Cuánto, al fin, se macanea, ya que nunca es todo cierto, y es un juego el acertar: 'La señora está indispuesta' o 'ha salido hace un momento'; y el esposo se hace el muerto si es que vienen a cobrar. Y siempre es carnaval. Van cayendo serpentinas, unas gruesas y otras finas que nos hacen tambalear. Y cuando en tu disfraz la careta queda ausente en tu cara de inocente, todo el año es carnaval. ¡Y viva el carnaval! Vos ves siempre lucecitas. Sos la eterna mascarita que gozás con engañar. Y cuando en tu disfraz la careta queda ausente en tu cara de inocente, todo el año es carnaval. ¡Qué tuviste una fortuna! ¡Qué de oro fue tu cuna! Que esto cuesta: ¡Qué se yo! Las mujeres y los hombres por tu amor tocan la luna y otras cosas más por vos... ¡Y si hablás de tu familia!... tu pretérito imperfecto lo pasaste como un rey. Yo quisiera que me digas, y dejando un poco de esto, si la cuenta vos has hecho ¿cuántos pesos me debés?

English · machine translation

How many live in disguise without knowing that this is the way they are! How many hear themselves without laughing! This world is the stage of a great continuous cinema that makes us consume. How much, in the end, it is fooled, since it is never all true, and it is a game to get it right: 'The lady is indisposed' or 'she went out a moment ago'; and the husband plays dead if they come to collect. And it is always carnival. Streamers are falling, some thick and others thin that make us stagger. And when in your costume the mask is absent in your innocent face, the whole year is carnival. And long live carnival! You always see little lights. You are the eternal little mask who enjoys deceiving. And when in your disguise the mask is absent in your innocent face, the whole year is carnival. What a fortune you had! How golden was your cradle! That this costs: what do I know! Women and men for your love touch the moon and other things for you... And if you talk about your family!... your imperfect past tense you spent it like a king. I would like you to tell me, and leaving some of this aside, if you have made the account how many pesos do you owe me?

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1937 to 2021.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20
Recordings of Siempre es carnaval by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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

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

  1. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdMost dancedSiempre es carnavalOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
    12 dances
    1937
  2. Orquesta Típica AndariegaSiempre es carnavalOrquesta Típica AndariegaMarisol Martíneztango
    No match yet
    2021
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi · Jan 211938
  4. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi · Jan 211938
All recordings of Siempre es carnaval

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Fresedo

Siempre es carnavalOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 13 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1937–2021 · danced on film 2008–2019

20082019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 1

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Mila Vigdorova and Ozgur Demir

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Una fijaCarlos Di Sarli, 1954
    2. 2La mulateadaCarlos Di Sarli, 1941
    3. 3Sin saborEdgardo Donato, 1939
    4. 4Siempre es carnavalOsvaldo Fresedo, 1937
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Gustavo Benzecry Sabá and María Olivera

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Siempre es carnavalOsvaldo Fresedo, 1937
    2. 2PaisajePedro Laurenz, 1943
    3. 3La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1947
    4. 4Milonga de mis amoresColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 1998
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Fresedo

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/2315

tango.info · T0370027841

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1937

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Emilio Fresedo

Listen

  1. Siempre es carnavalOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
  2. Siempre es carnavalOrquesta Típica AndariegaMarisol Martíneztango

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