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Ganzúa

Music by Juan D'Arienzo, Fulvio Salamanca, lyrics by Carlos Bahr. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1951.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1951

  1. Juan D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe1951

Versions of Ganzúa recorded 1951

Ganzúa is a milonga.

Ganzúa was composed by Fulvio Salamanca and Carlos Bahr.

The lyrics of Ganzúa are by Carlos Bahr and Fulvio Salamanca.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan D'Arienzo, Fulvio Salamanca
Words
Carlos Bahr
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Me inicié sobre un tranvía no me fue del todo mal, una música vacía y un 'debú' en la seccional. Al prontuario fui por lerdo y en el cuadro entre los cracks, me avivé de escalamiento y al escruche fui a parar. Aplicando la ganzúa fui modesta autoridad, no hubo nunca cerradura que me hiciera patinar. Me he zafado muchas canas y he ligado muchas más, pero mi cana más brava fue un falda de percal. Una falda más esquiva que sonrisa de botón, que ni a uña, ni a 'bombilla' pude entrarle con mi amor. Más cabrera que la yuta se encerró detrás de un no y fallé con la ganzúa al forzar su corazón. Me aflojaron los abriles y al final me jubilé. Me deshice de los 'chiches' y al oficio lo archivé. La ganzúa la conservo pa' un trabajo de mi flor. ¡Quién te dice que San Pedro se descuide en el portón!

English · machine translation

I started on a streetcar I didn't do too badly, an empty music and a 'debut' in the sectional. I went to the roster because I was slow and in the cadre among the cracks, I got a taste of escalation and to the scrutiny I ended up. Applying the lock pick I was a modest authority, there was never a lock that made me skid. I've pulled out many gray hairs and I've picked many more, but my bravest gray hair was a calico skirt. A skirt more elusive than a button smile, that neither a fingernail nor a 'bulb' I could not enter it with my love. More cabrera than the yuta she locked herself behind a no and I failed with the lock pick by forcing her heart. The years loosened my grip and in the end I retired. I got rid of the "chiches" and and I shelved the trade. I keep the lock pick for a job of my flower. Who's to say that St. Peter will be careless at the gate!

Every version

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The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1951 to 1951.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedGanzúaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüemilongaRCA Victor
    10 dances
    1951
All recordings of Ganzúa

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

GanzúaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüemilongaRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1951 · danced on film 2015–2024

20152024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2017: 2, 2024: 4

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.

2 of 4 complete sets on film

  1. Cecilia Berra and Sebastián Achaval

    2024 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1MalezaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1945
    2. 2El Nene del AbastoJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    3. 3GanzúaJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    4. 4GarúaPedro Laurenz, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Fabián Peralta and Josefina Bermúdez

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970
    2. 2GanzúaJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    3. 3El cuarteadorAníbal Troilo, 1941
    4. 4Mi vida en tus manosRodolfo Biagi, 1957
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/2057

tango.info · T0370281449

MusicBrainz · 8b74d2d2-56a8-4fe0-9e97-d3dd18e6d879source

Is a1

Is a Milonga

Composer2

Composed by Fulvio Salamanca

Composed by Carlos Bahr

Lyricist2

Lyrics by Carlos Bahr

Lyrics by Fulvio Salamanca

Listen

  1. GanzúaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüemilongaRCA Victor

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