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Madame Ivonne

Music by Eduardo Pereyra, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–2002.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1935

  1. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo1942
  2. Edgardo DonatoAlberto Gómez1935
  3. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche1966
  4. Orquesta El ArranqueAriel Ardit2002
  5. Troilo-Grela1962

Versions of Madame Ivonne recorded 1935–2002

Madame Ivonne was composed by Eduardo Pereyra.

Madame Ivonne is a tango.

Madame Ivonne was published in 1933.

The lyrics of Madame Ivonne are by Enrique Cadícamo.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

19 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Pereyra
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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

Mamuasel Ivonne era una pebeta que en el barrio posta de viejo Montmartre, con su pinta brava de alegre griseta animó la fiesta de Les Quatre Arts. Era la del barrio latino que supo a los puntos del verso inspirar... Pero fue que un día llego un argentino y a la francesita la hizo suspirar. Madame Ivonne, la Cruz del Sur fue como el signo, Madame Ivonne, fue como el signo de tu suerte... Alondra gris, tu dolor me conmueve, tu pena es de nieve... Madame Ivonne... Han pasado diez años que zarpó de Francia, Mamuasel Ivonne hoy solo es Madam... La que va a ver que todo quedó en la distancia con ojos muy tristes bebe su champán. Ya no es la del Barrio Latino, ya no es la mistonga florcita de lis, ya nada le queda... Ni aquel argentino que entre tango y mate la alzó de París

English · machine translation

Mamuasel Ivonne was a little girl in the old Montmartre neighborhood, with her brave look of a cheerful T-shirt she animated the party of Les Quatre Arts. She was the papusa of the Latin quarter who knew how to inspire the points of the verse... But it was that one day an Argentine arrived and made the French girl sigh. Madame Ivonne, the Southern Cross was like the sign, Madame Ivonne, it was like the sign of your luck... Grey lark, your pain moves me, your sorrow is of snow... Madame Ivonne... Ten years have passed since she sailed from France, Mamuasel Ivonne today is only Madam... The one who goes to see that everything was left in the distance With very sad eyes she drinks her champagne. She is no longer the papusa of the Latin Quarter, She is no longer the mistonga fleur-de-lis, nothing is left for her... Nor that Argentinian who between tango and mate lifted her from Paris

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1935 to 2002.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Madame Ivonne by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 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. Ricardo TanturiMost dancedMadame IvonneRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
    9 dances
    1942
  2. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMadame IvonneEdgardo DonatoAlberto GómeztangoRCA Victor
    8 dances
    1935
  3. Armando PontierMadame IvonneArmando PontierRoberto Goyenechetango
    No match yet
    1966
  4. Orquesta El ArranqueMadame IvonneOrquesta El ArranqueAriel Ardittango
    No match yet
    2002
  5. Troilo-GrelaMadame IvonneTroilo-GrelainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1962
  6. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Nov 61933
  7. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue1961
  8. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Nov 81962
  9. Ciriaco Ortiz, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1965
  10. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  11. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  12. Rodolfo LesicaNot in our catalogue
  13. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  14. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogue
  15. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero
All recordings of Madame Ivonne

One recording

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

Ricardo Tanturi

Madame IvonneRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 8 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1935–2002 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2018: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 4, 2025: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    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.

3 of 3 complete sets on film

  1. Asya Moiseeva and Veronica Toumanova

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Triste comediaRodolfo Biagi, 1955
    2. 2Madame IvonneEdgardo Donato, 1935
    3. 3Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    4. 4Viejo portónRodolfo Biagi, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Carla Rossi and Jose Luis Salvo

    2023 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1CarnavaleraJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    2. 2Por qué razónJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    3. 3Madame IvonneRicardo Tanturi, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Ezequiel Paludi and Geraldine Rojas

    2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mala juntaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1943
    2. 2Don Agustín BardiOsvaldo Pugliese, 1961
    3. 3Madame IvonneRicardo Tanturi, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Eduardo Pereyra

In other catalogues4

TodoTango · tema/61

tango.info · T0370017245

Wikidata · Q56241385source

MusicBrainz · 1077b589-7efe-4fbf-853f-eaffd630eb7csource

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1933

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Used in lyric1

papusa — used in lyric Madame Ivonne

Listen

  1. Madame IvonneEdgardo DonatoAlberto GómeztangoRCA Victor
  2. Madame IvonneRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
  3. Madame IvonneTroilo-GrelainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  4. Madame IvonneArmando PontierRoberto Goyenechetango
  5. Madame IvonneOrquesta El ArranqueAriel Ardittango

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