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A suerte y verdad

Music by Carlos Parodi, lyrics by Carlos Waiss. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1944.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Rodolfo Biagi, 1944

  1. Juan D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe1944
  2. Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Acuña1944

Versions of A suerte y verdad recorded 1944

A suerte y verdad was composed by Carlos Parodi.

A suerte y verdad is a tango.

A suerte y verdad was published in 1944.

The lyrics of A suerte y verdad are by Carlos Waiss.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

8 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Parodi
Words
Carlos Waiss
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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He vivido intensamente y estoy en la pendiente donde los sueños se van. He aprendido que la suerte no es del fuerte y que cualquier esperanza el tiempo siempre la amansa, o si no la echa a rodar. Hoy conozco todo eso... todo eso y mucho más. Voy llevando en cada herida una ilusión ya vencida que martilla sin piedad. Se fueron las alegrías y las tristezas, tan mías, no importan a nadie más. Voy queriendo y voy sufriendo y en carne propia sintiendo lo triste que es ir viviendo, viviendo a suerte y verdad. Yo que vi amainar a muchos hombres grandes, hombres duchos, hombres que eran de verdad; hoy conozco la condena de una pena y el temple que se precisa para ahogar con una risa lo que dirán los demás. Hoy conozco todo eso, todo eso y mucho más.

English · machine translation

I have lived intensely and I am on the slope where dreams go. I have learned that luck does not belong to the strong and that any hope time always tames it, or else it rolls away. Today I know all that... all that and much more. I carry in each wound an illusion already defeated that hammers mercilessly. Gone are the joys and the sadnesses, so mine they don't matter to anyone else. I go loving and I go suffering and in my own flesh feeling how sad it is to go on living, living by luck and truth. I have seen many great men great men, skilled men, men who were true; today I know the condemnation of a sentence and the temper it takes to drown with a laugh what others will say. Today I know all that, all that and much more.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1944 to 1944.
1940
Recordings of A suerte y verdad 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 · 1 more we know of

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedA suerte y verdadJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor
    7 dances
    1944
  2. Rodolfo BiagiEarliest we holdA suerte y verdadRodolfo BiagiCarlos AcuñatangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1944
  3. Emilio BalcarceNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo · Jun 91944
All recordings of A suerte y verdad

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

A suerte y verdadJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 7 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2015: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2025: 1

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Composer1

Composed by Carlos Parodi

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1339

tango.info · T0370209054

MusicBrainz · 695428b0-37eb-461b-9530-281ccb381e5csource

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1944

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Carlos Waiss

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  1. A suerte y verdadRodolfo BiagiCarlos AcuñatangoOdeon
  2. A suerte y verdadJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor

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