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Bailemos

Music by Pascual Mamone, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1955–2005.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Alberto Morán, 1955

  1. Carlos Di SarliMario Pomar1955
  2. Enrique FranciniAlberto Podestá1955
  3. José BassoFloreal Ruiz1956
  4. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Eduardo Espinoza2005
  5. Alberto Morán1955

Versions of Bailemos recorded 1955–2005

Bailemos was composed by Pascual Mamone.

Bailemos is a tango.

Bailemos was published in 1955.

The lyrics of Bailemos are by Reinaldo Yiso.

Bailemos: Composers Pascual Mamone and lyricist Reinaldo Yiso wrote Bailemos after Yiso witnessed a couple dance one last tango together at a milonga and part in tears, while the two men waited at a bus stop at 2am; Mamone told him it was a tango and he had to write it.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

129 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Pascual Mamone
Words
Reinaldo Yiso
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

No llores, no muchacha, la gente está mirando bailemos este tango, el tango del adiós... así entre mis brazos, mirándote a los ojos yo quiero despedirme sin llanto y sin dolor... La vida caprichosa nos puso frente a frente prendiendo en nuestro pecho la hoguera de un querer, mas hoy, la misma vida nos manda separarnos el sueño de querernos, ya ves, no puede ser... Bailemos como antes, cariñito, abrazados, bien juntitos, sólo un alma entre los dos... Bailemos que no vea en tus pupilas una lágrima furtiva, ni una sombra, ni un dolor... Bailemos que después ya sin tus ojos he de arrancar un sollozo por mi amor y por tu amor... Siempre estarás en mi desvelo ¡como una estrella en el cielo prendida en mi corazón! No intentes rebelarte, lo nuestro es imposible, un sueño irrealizable que nunca floreció, qué importa que nos una un mismo sentimiento y encienda nuestras almas la antorcha del amor... Que tengas mucha suerte, que Dios no te abandone, yo sé que a mí me espera la eterna soledad, no tiembles en mis brazos, te ruego me perdones, el tango ya termina... salgamos a llorar...

English · machine translation

Don't cry, don't cry, girl, people are watching let's dance this tango, the tango of goodbye... so in my arms, looking you in the eyes I want to say goodbye without crying and without pain... The capricious life set us face to face igniting in our chest the fire of a love, but today, the same life commands us to separate. the dream of loving each other, you see, it can't be... Let's dance as before, my dearest, embraced, close together, just one soul between the two of us... Let's dance that I don't see in your pupils a furtive tear, not a shadow, not a pain... Let's dance that later without your eyes I'll have to cry out a sob for my love and for your love... Always you will always be in my wakefulness like a star in the sky fixed in my heart! Don't try to rebel, it's impossible for us, an unrealizable dream that never blossomed, what does it matter that we are united by the same feeling and that our souls light the torch of love... May you have good luck, may God never abandon you, I know that eternal solitude awaits me, do not tremble in my arms, I beg you to forgive me, the tango is over... let's go out and cry...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1955 to 2005.
1950’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Bailemos 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 · 8 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, 1955, with 81% of the 129 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

24 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedBailemosCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoRCA Victor
    105 dances · 81%
    1955
  2. José BassoBailemosJosé BassoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon
    13 dances · 10%
    1956
  3. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)BailemosColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Eduardo Espinozatango
    8 dances · 6%
    2005
  4. Enrique FranciniBailemosEnrique FranciniAlberto PodestátangoRCA Victor
    3 dances · 2%
    1955
  5. Alberto MoránEarliest we holdBailemosAlberto Moránsungtango
    No match yet
    1955
  6. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueOsvaldo Bazán1955
  7. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueAlberto Morán · Apr 141955
  8. Víctor BuchinoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque1956
  9. Los señores del tangoNot in our catalogueMario Pomar1956
  10. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueAdrián Guida1989
  11. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJun 261989
  12. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueAlberto Morán
  13. Orquesta Típica Gente de tangoNot in our catalogueHéctor Morano
All recordings of Bailemos

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

BailemosCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 106 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1955–2005 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 4, 2011: 9, 2012: 9, 2013: 3, 2014: 6, 2015: 8, 2016: 5, 2017: 14, 2018: 8, 2019: 3, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 4, 2026: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  3. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. Confitería IdealSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  5. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance
  6. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    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 12 complete sets on film

  1. Gianpiero Galdi and Lorena Tarantino

    2024 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1AmarrasAlberto Castillo, 1944
    2. 2GólgotaFrancisco Lomuto, 1938
    3. 3Dejame amarte aunque sea un diaRodolfo Biagi, 1939
    4. 4BailemosCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Lorena Ermocida and Pancho Martinez Pey

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1BailemosCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    2. 2A los amigosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1960
    3. 3La milonga que faltabaEdgardo Donato, 1938
    4. 4TormentaFrancisco Canaro, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Te aconsejo que me olvidesAníbal Troilo, 1941
    2. 2BailemosCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    3. 3Milonga del recuerdoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    4. 4Alma doloridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Composers Pascual Mamone and lyricist Reinaldo Yiso wrote Bailemos after Yiso witnessed a couple dance one last tango together at a milonga and part in tears, while the two men waited at a bus stop at 2am; Mamone told him it was a tango and he had to write it.

    What was said, in our words

    Dag Stenvoll · Tango 1955

Read more

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Pascual Mamone

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/2196

tango.info · T0370353722

MusicBrainz · 0ebc34ba-6338-42bc-9437-4d8a75776f07source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1955

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso

Notes1

Composers Pascual Mamone and lyricist Reinaldo Yiso wrote Bailemos after Yiso witnessed a couple dance one last tango together at a milonga and part in tears, while the two men waited at a bus stop at 2am; Mamone told him it was a tango and he had to write it.

Listen

  1. BailemosAlberto Moránsungtango
  2. BailemosCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoRCA Victor
  3. BailemosEnrique FranciniAlberto PodestátangoRCA Victor
  4. BailemosJosé BassoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon
  5. BailemosColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Eduardo Espinozatango

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