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Tres esquinas

Music by Ángel D'Agostino, Alfredo Attadía, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1941.

Tres esquinas was composed by Alfredo Attadia.† The lyrics of Tres esquinas are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

Credit

Music
Ángel D'Agostino, Alfredo Attadía
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

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

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoEarliest we holdMost dancedÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Jul 24
    128 dances
    1941
  2. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  3. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueHugo del Carril
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril
  5. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril

Lyrics

Español

Yo soy del barrio de Tres Esquinas, viejo baluarte de un arrabal donde florecen como glicinas las lindas pibas de delantal. Donde en la noche tibia y serena su antiguo aroma vuelca el malvón y bajo el cielo de luna llena duermen las chatas del corralón. Soy de ese barrio de humilde rango, yo soy el tango sentimental. Soy de ese barrio que toma mate bajo la sombra que da el parrral. En sus ochavas compadrié de mozo, tiré la daga por un loco amor, quemé en los ojos de una maleva la ardiente ceba de mi pasión. Nada hay más lindo ni más cmpadre que mi suburbio murmurador, con los chimentos de las comadres y los piropos del Picaflor. Vieja barriada que fue estandarte de mis arrojos de juventud... Yo soy del barrio que vive aparte en este siglo de Neo-Lux.

English · machine translation

I am from the neighborhood of Tres Esquinas, old bastion of a suburb where bloom like wisteria the pretty girls in aprons. Where in the warm and serene night its ancient scent overturns the malvón and under the full moon sky sleep the chatas of the corralón. I am from that neighborhood of humble rank, I am the sentimental tango. I am from that neighborhood that drinks mate under the shade of the barnyard. In its ochavas, I was a waiter's compadrié, I threw the dagger for a mad love, I burned in the eyes of a maleva the burning barley of my passion. There is nothing more beautiful or more fatherly than my murmuring suburb, with the gossip of the comadres and the compliments of the Picaflor. Old suburb that was the banner of my youthful daring... I am from the neighborhood that lives apart in this century of Neo-Lux.

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2007–2026

20072026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 4, 2008: 3, 2009: 3, 2010: 4, 2011: 5, 2012: 5, 2013: 13, 2014: 3, 2015: 4, 2016: 10, 2017: 4, 2018: 8, 2019: 6, 2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2022: 7, 2023: 3, 2024: 3, 2025: 3, 2026: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    2 performances
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  3. Club Empleados de RivadaviaVélez Sarsfield
    1 performance
  4. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  5. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance
  6. El Zorzal CulturalBalvanera
    1 performance
  7. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · Z0000055051

Single source

TodoTango · tema/512

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Alfredo Attadia

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Known for1

Ángel Vargas — is known for Tres esquinas

Single source

Listen

  1. Tres esquinasÁngel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas1941

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