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Rie payaso

Music by Virgilio Carmona. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1929–1959.
1929: 1 · danced 0 times1940: 1 · danced 449 times1949: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 2 times
1929’40’501959
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1929: 1, 0; 1940: 1, 449; 1949: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 2

  1. Juan D'Arienzo’s 1940 version holds 99% of its dancing (449 of 451).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 5 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1940 and 1959.

    How we know

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

Rie payaso was composed by Virgilio Carmona.††

Credit

Music
Virgilio Carmona

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

1920’30’40’50

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedCarlos Casares · RCA Victor · Aug 22
    449 dances
    1940
  2. Juan D'ArienzoMario Bustos · RCA Victor · Nov 12
    2 dances
    1959
  3. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Feb 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1929
  4. Florindo SassoneRoberto Chanel · RCA Victor · Dec 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  5. Ángel VargasInstrumental · RCA Victor · May 5
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1929
  7. Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Aug 261929
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueInstrumental1944
  9. Roberto QuirogaNot in our catalogue1945
  10. Enrique AlessioNot in our catalogueHugo Soler · May 171950
  11. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · May 51952
  12. Roberto QuirogaNot in our catalogue
  13. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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

El payaso con sus muecas y su risa exagerada, nos invita, camaradas, a gozar del carnaval; no notáis en esa risa una pena disfrazada, que su cara almidonada, nos oculta una verdad. Ven payaso, yo te invito, compañero de tristezas, ven y siéntate a mi mesa si te quieres embriagar; que si tu tienes tus penas yo también tengo las mías y el champagne hace olvidar. Ríe, tu risa me contagia con la divina magia de tu gracia sin par. Bebamos mucho, bebamos porque quiero, con todo este dinero hacer mi carnaval. Lloras, payaso buen amigo. No llores que hay testigos que ignoran tu pesar; seca tu llanto y ríe con alborozo, a ver, pronto, ¡ mozo, tráigame más champagne! Yo, también, como el payaso de la triste carcajada, tengo el alma destrozada y también quiero olvidar; embriagarme de placeres en orgías desenfrenadas con mujeres alquiladas entre música y champagne. Hace uno año, justamente, era muy de madrugada, regresaba a mi morada con deseos de descansar; al llegar vi luz prendida en el cuarto de mi amada... es mejor no recordar.

English · machine translation

The clown with his grimaces and his exaggerated laughter invites us, comrades, to enjoy the carnival; don't you notice in that laughter a disguised sorrow, that his starched face, hides a truth from us. Come clown, I invite you, companion of sorrows, come and sit at my table if you want to get drunk; if you have your sorrows I have mine too and champagne makes you forget. Laugh, your laughter infects me with the divine magic of your peerless grace. Let's drink a lot, let's drink because I want to, with all this money to make my carnival. You cry, good friend clown. Don't cry, there are witnesses who ignore your grief; dry your tears and laugh with joy, let's see, soon, waiter, bring me more champagne! I, too, like the clown of the sad laughter, my soul is broken and I also want to forget; to intoxicate myself with pleasures in unbridled orgies with rented women amidst music and champagne. A year ago, exactly one year ago, it was very early in the morning, I was returning to my abode wanting to rest; when I arrived I saw a light on in my beloved's room... it is better not to remember.

Danced to it

Music from 1929–1959 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2010: 4, 2011: 6, 2012: 11, 2013: 21, 2014: 35, 2015: 45, 2016: 39, 2017: 30, 2018: 42, 2019: 48, 2020: 17, 2021: 14, 2022: 35, 2023: 44, 2024: 32, 2025: 20, 2026: 12

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  2. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  3. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  4. La Paz ArribaRecoleta
    1 performance
  5. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  6. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  7. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance
  8. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Virgilio Carmona

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · Z0000002881

Single source

MusicBrainz · 23c28183-d471-437c-9914-7f79dffe70dfsource

Single source

TodoTango · tema/2158

Single source

Listen

  1. Rie payasoRoberto Firpo · no clip yet1929
  2. Rie payasoJuan D'Arienzo · Carlos Casares1940
  3. Rie payasoFlorindo Sassone · Roberto Chanel · no clip yet1949
  4. Rie payasoÁngel Vargas · Ángel Vargas1952
  5. Rie payasoJuan D'Arienzo · Mario Bustos1959

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