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Mi vieja viola

Music by Humberto Correa, lyrics by Humberto Correa. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1950–1964.
1950: 2 · danced 2 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1964: 1 · danced 2 times
1950’601964
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1950: 2, 2; 1951: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 0; 1964: 1, 2

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1951 and 1964.

    How we know

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

Mi vieja viola was composed by Humberto Correa.†† The lyrics of Mi vieja viola are by Humberto Correa.†

Credit

Music
Humberto Correa
Lyrics
Humberto Correa

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1950’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloJorge Casal · TK
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  2. Aníbal TroiloTito Reyes · RCA Victor · Feb 3
    2 dances
    1964
  3. José BassoMost dancedOscar Ferrari · Odeon · Nov 17
    2 dances
    1950
  4. Alberto MarinoJan 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  5. Eduardo Del PianoEarliest we holdÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Oct 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  6. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1952
  7. Victor Hugo BaralisNot in our catalogueAlberto Marino · Jan 211952
  8. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
  9. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  10. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  11. Lágrima Ríos, Anibal AriasNot in our catalogue
  12. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue
  13. Ranko FujisawaNot in our catalogue
  14. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
  15. TangodrimsNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  16. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa
  17. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

Vieja viola, garufera y vibradora de las horas de parranda y , de las tantas serenatas a la lora que hoy es dueña de mi cuore y patrona del , ¡cómo estás de abandonada y silenciosa, después que fuiste mi sueño de cantor! Quien te ha oído sonar papa y melodiosa no dice que sos la diosa de mi pobre corazón. Es que la gola se va y la fama es puro cuento y andando mal y sin todo, todo se acabó... Hoy sólo queda el recuerdo de pasadas alegrías, pero estás vos, viola mía, hasta que me vaya yo. Cuántas noches bajo el brazo de la zurda por cubrirte del sereno te llevé y por más que me encontrase bien en curda, conservándome en la línea, de otros curdas te cuidé. Si los años de la vida me componen y la suerte me rempuja a encarrilar, yo te juro que te cambio los bordones me rechiflo del escabio y te vuelvo a hacer sonar.

English · machine translation

Old viola, garufera and vibrator of the hours of partying and copetín, of the many serenades to the lora (a female singer) who today is mistress of my heart and patroness of the bulín, how abandoned and silent you are! after you were my singer's dream! Whoever has heard you sounding papa and melodious does not say that you are the goddess of my poor heart. It is that the gola goes away and fame is just a story and walking badly and without wind everything, everything is over... Today only the memory remains of past joys, but there is you, my viola, until I go away. How many nights under the arm of the left-handed one to cover you from the serene I took you and no matter how well I was in curda, keeping me in line, I took care of you from other curdas. If the years of life compose me and the luck puts me back on track, I swear to you that I'll change your drones. I will rejoice of the scabio and I will make you sound again.

Danced to it

Music from 1950–1964 · danced on film 2011–2019

20112019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2019: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Humberto Correa

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0464668356

Single source

TodoTango · tema/603

Single source

MusicBrainz · 2759b050-0b0b-4124-9661-2d51cb63d804source

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Humberto Correa

Single source

Listen

  1. Mi vieja violaEduardo Del Piano · Ángel Vargas · no clip yet1950
  2. Mi vieja violaJosé Basso · Oscar Ferrari · no clip yet1950
  3. Mi vieja violaAníbal Troilo · Jorge Casal1951
  4. Mi vieja violaAlberto Marino · Alberto Marino · no clip yet1952
  5. Mi vieja violaAníbal Troilo · Tito Reyes1964

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