Song
Mocosita
Mocosita was composed by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez.
Mocosita is a tango.
Mocosita was published in 1926.
The lyrics of Mocosita are by Víctor Soliño.
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Credit
- Music
- Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
- Lyrics
- Víctor Soliño
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube
Lyrics
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Vencido, con el alma amargada, sin esperanzas, saciado de la vida, solloza en su el pobre , sin hallar un consuelo a su dolor. Colgada de un clavo, la guitarra... en un rincón la tiene abandonada... De sus amigos ya no le importa nada... Tirado en la no hace más que llorar. En alguna ocasión sólo se escucha esta canción: 'Mocosita, no me dejés morir, volvé al , que no puedo vivir. ¡Si supieras las veces que he soñado que de nuevo te tenía a mi lado! Mocosita, no seas tan cruel, no me abandones... Quiero verte otra vez... Mocosita, no me dejes, que me mata poco a poco tu desdén.' Dormía tranquilo el conventillo, nada turbaba el silencio de la noche cuando se oyó sonar allá en la oscuridad el disparo de una bala fatal. Corrieron ansiosos los vecinos que presentían el final de aquel drama y se encontraron, tirado en una cama, en un charco de sangre, al pobre . Pero, antes de morir, alguien le oyó cantar así: 'Mocosita, no me dejés morir, volvé al , que no puedo vivir. ¡Si supieras las veces que he soñado que de nuevo te tenía a mi lado! Mocosita, no seas tan cruel, no me abandones... Quiero verte otra vez... Mocosita, no me dejes, que me mata poco a poco tu desdén.'
English · machine translation
Defeated, with a bitter soul, hopeless, satiated with life, sobs in his bulín the poor payador without finding any consolation for his pain. Hanging on a nail, the guitar... In a corner he keeps it abandoned... Of his friends he no longer cares for anything... Lying in the cot, he does nothing but weep. On some occasions he only listens to this song: 'Mocosita, don't let me die, go back to the cotorro, I can't live. If you only knew how many times I have dreamed that I had you by my side again! Snotty, don't be so cruel, don't abandon me... I want to see you again... Snotty, don't leave me, your disdain is killing me little by little.' The tenement slept peacefully, nothing disturbed the silence of the night when it was heard ringing there in the darkness the sound of a fatal bullet. The neighbors ran anxiously who sensed the end of that drama and found him lying on a bed, in a pool of blood, the poor payador. But, before dying, someone heard him sing like this: 'Mocosita, don't let me die, go back to the cotorro, I can't live. If you only knew how many times I dreamt that I had you by my side again! Snotty, don't be so cruel, don't abandon me... I want to see you again... Snotty, don't leave me, your disdain is killing me little by little.'
Danced to it
Music from 1925–1952 · danced on film 2012
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings by year
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
1925: 1, 1926: 2, 1927: 1, 1949: 1, 1952: 1
Composer1
Composed by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Supported · 2In other catalogues3
TodoTango · tema/604
Single sourcetango.info · T0370095150
Single sourceMusicBrainz · 5f67fc1e-eab2-4714-b058-7fefcf53b65csource
Single sourceIs a1
Is a Tango
Single sourcePublished1
Published 1926
Single sourceLyricist1
Lyrics by Víctor Soliño
Single sourceUsed in lyric3
cotorro — used in lyric Mocosita
Single sourcepayador — used in lyric Mocosita
Single sourcecatrera — used in lyric Mocosita
Single sourcePremiered at1
Premiered at Montevideo1925
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