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De puro curda

Music by Carlos Olmedo, lyrics by ABEL AZNAR. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1957–1965.
1957: 1 · danced 2 times1965: 1 · danced 4 times
1957’601965
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1957: 1, 2; 1965: 1, 4

De puro curda was composed by Carlos Olmedo.

De puro curda is a tango.

De puro curda was published in 1957.

The lyrics of De puro curda are by ABEL AZNAR.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Carlos Olmedo
Lyrics
ABEL AZNAR

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1950’60

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedArmando Laborde · RCA Victor · Oct 14
    4 dances
    1965
  2. José BassoEarliest we holdAlfredo Belusi · Odeon · Jul 27
    2 dances
    1957
  3. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  4. Armando MorenoNot in our catalogue
  5. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueRodolfo Lesica
  6. Otros AiresNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-

Lyrics

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¡ mozo! Sirva un trago más de caña, yo tomo sin motivo y sin razón; no lo hago por amor que es vieja maña, tampoco pa'engañar al corazón. No tengo un mal recuerdo que me aturda, no tengo que olvidar una traición, yo tomo porque sí... ¡de puro curda! Pa'mi es siempre buena la ocasión. Y a mi, qué me importa que diga la gente que paso la vida en un mostrador. Por eso no dejo de ser bien decente, no pierdo mi hombría ni enturbio mi honor. Me gusta y por eso, le pego al escabio, a nadie provoco ni obligo jamás y al fin, si tomando me hago algún daño, lo hago conmigo... ¡De curda nomás! Si un hombre pa'tomar un trago e'caña precisa la traición de una mujer, no es hombre, no se cura, no se engaña. ¡Es maula p'al sufrir y p'al perder! Yo tengo bien templado el de la zurda no tomo p'aguantar un tropezón, yo tomo porque sí... ¡De puro curda! Pa'mi es siempre buena la ocasión.

English · machine translation

Hey waiter! Pour one more drink of cane, I drink for no reason and for no reason; I don't do it for love, which is an old habit, nor to deceive the heart. I don't have a bad memory to make me dizzy, I don't have to forget a betrayal, I drink just because... out of sheer stupidity! For me the occasion is always a good one. And to me, what do I care what people say that I spend my life at a counter. That's why I don't stop being decent, I don't lose my manliness or tarnish my honor. I like it and for that reason, I hit the scabio, I never provoke or force anyone and in the end, if I do myself some harm, I do it with me... Just for fun! If a man needs a woman's betrayal to take a drink needs the betrayal of a woman, he is not a man, he is not cured, he is not fooled. He's a maula for suffering and losing! I've got my left-handed one well tempered I don't drink to endure a stumble, I drink just because... Out of sheer hardness! For me it's always a good time.

Danced to it

Music from 1957–1965 · danced on film 2018–2025

20182025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2018: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Carlos Olmedo

Supported · 2

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/777

Single source

tango.info · T0370414484

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Published1

Published 1957

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by ABEL AZNAR

Single source

Listen

  1. De puro curdaJosé Basso · Alfredo Belusi1957
  2. De puro curdaJuan D'Arienzo · Armando Laborde1965

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