Song
Soy un porteño
Who recorded it
Every version2Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1942
Versions of Soy un porteño recorded 1942–1943
Soy un porteño was composed by José Razzano.
Soy un porteño is a milonga.
The lyrics of Soy un porteño are by Celedonio Flores.
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
2 orchestras recorded it
27 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- José Razzano
- Words
- Celedonio Flores
- Written
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- First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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Soy un porteño nacido en el barrio que se cuadre, niño bien, medio compadre, sobrador y consentido. Tengo fama de aburrido y ando galgueando la , pero guardo la infinita nobleza del ser humano, si canto con “Mano a Mano”, lloro con “La cumparsita'. Me hice una ley: ser derecho en la mala y en la buena, silbo y desato una pena que se hizo nudo en mi pecho. Guardo en el alma el acecho, una pasión sin medida, y sé jugarme la vida por un naipe y una dama, si me habrán dejao de cama naipes, paicas y bebidas. Me templé en los bodegones sacando lustre al estaño, vi hacer callo al desengaño en corazón de varones. Pianto de los metejones que traen al amor fulero, pero soy bueno y sincero cuando el amor me echa garra. ¡Yo soy como la guitarra, canto y lloro cuando quiero!
English · machine translation
I am a porteño born in the neighborhood that fits, good boy, half compadre, spoiled and spoiled. I have a reputation for being boring and I go around scrounging for money, but I keep the infinite nobility of the human being, if I sing with "Mano a Mano", I cry with "La cumparsita". I made myself a law: to be straight in bad times and in good, I whistle and untie a sorrow that became a knot in my chest. I keep in my soul the stalking, a passion without measure, and I know how to stake my life for a card and a lady, if they will have left me in bed cards, paicas and drinks. I was tempered in the still lifes taking luster from pewter, I saw the disillusionment in the hearts of men. I stanch of the metejones that bring to love fulero, but I am good and sincere when love gives me a grip. I am like the guitar, I sing and cry when I want to!
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
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- Aníbal TroiloSoy un porteñoAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinomilongaRCA Victor2 dances1943
- Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedSoy un porteñoFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldánmilongaOdeon25 dances1942
- Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueÁngel Cárdenas · Sep 71956
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Couples filmed dancing this recording · 24 Performances
Danced to it
Music from 1942–1943 · danced on film 2007–2024
2007: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 3, 2014: 1, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2024: 1
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 4 complete sets on film
Andjela Djiki and Djiki Ristic
2017 · In the order danced: the video titles number them
- 1Sin palabrasFrancisco Canaro, 1946
- 2Soy un porteñoFrancisco Canaro, 1942
- 3TemoTípica Victor, 1940
- 4MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
Dante Sánchez and Ines Muzzopappa
In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1ArrabalOsvaldo Pugliese, 1985
- 2Soy un porteñoFrancisco Canaro, 1942
- 3GricelAníbal Troilo, 1942
- 4Pocas palabrasRicardo Tanturi, 1941
Ariane Liautaud and Gianpiero Galdi
In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1AnsiedadJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
- 2Soy un porteñoFrancisco Canaro, 1942
- 3MilagroFrancisco Canaro, 1937
In their words
Y sí, bueno, yo soy hijo de una porteña, de un tío porteño, y mis ídolos fueron porteños: Pichuco, Piazzolla, De Caro y otros.
Horacio Ferrer · HORACIO FERRER Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.
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- EntryJosé RazzanoPerson
- EntryCeledonio FloresPerson
- EntryguitaTopic
- EntryYo soy asíComposition
- EntrySoy aquel viajeroComposition
- EntryEl porteñitoComposition
- EntryYo soy el tangoComposition
- EntryBien porteñaComposition
every sentence cites a published fact
What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
The year it was written.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by José Razzano
In other catalogues3
TodoTango · tema/4159
tango.info · T0370084722
MusicBrainz · 271e9ae0-f9a0-4871-a118-d326596b30f9source
Is a1
Is a Milonga
Lyricist1
Lyrics by Celedonio Flores
Used in lyric1
guita — used in lyric Soy un porteño
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