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Ya sale el tren

Music by Luis Rubistein, lyrics by Luis Rubistein. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1943

  1. Miguel CalóJorge Ortiz1943
  2. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo1943

Versions of Ya sale el tren recorded 1943

Ya sale el tren was composed by Luis Rubistein.†† The lyrics of Ya sale el tren are by Luis Rubistein.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

31 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Luis Rubistein
Words
Luis Rubistein
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Ya sale el tren. El humo pinta el cielo y en el andén agito mi pañuelo. Ruedas que rechinan con la angustia del adiós y ella, mi muñeca, que se ahoga con su tos. Se va en el tren mi pobre novia enferma... Mi corazón se muere en el andén. ¡Qué ganas de arrastrarme hasta sus brazos y llorar! ¡Qué ganas de gritar lo que presiento! Le baila en las pupilas la esperanza de volver y tengo que esconder tanto tormento... Es que tengo miedo que sus ojos sepan por mi angustia su final. Y así, con mi locura de rezar o maldecir, quisiera allí a sus pies morir. Ya nunca más la cubriré de besos. Ya nunca más vendré por su regreso... Siento que mi alma se desangra en el andén mientras su esperanza pone risas en el tren. Adiós, mi bien... Cuando el vagón se aleje me quedaré llorando en el andén. Ya sale el tren... Adiós, mi bien.

English · machine translation

The train is leaving. Smoke paints the sky and on the platform I wave my handkerchief. Wheels that squeak with the anguish of goodbye and she, my doll choking with her cough. She's leaving on the train my poor sick girlfriend... My heart is dying on the platform. How I want to crawl into her arms and cry! How I want to cry out what I feel! The hope of returning dances in his pupils and I have to hide so much torment... I'm afraid that his eyes to know through my anguish its end. And so, with my madness of praying or cursing, I would like to die there at her feet. I will never again I will cover her with kisses. I will never again I will come for her return... I feel my soul is bleeding to death on the platform while her hope puts laughter in the train. Farewell, my good... When the carriage pulls away I'll be left crying on the platform. The train is leaving... Goodbye, my good.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1943 to 1943.
1940
Recordings of Ya sale el tren by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

The leader is Miguel Caló, 1943, with 61% of the 31 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedYa sale el trenMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeon
    19 dances · 61%
    1943
  2. Ricardo TanturiYa sale el trenRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
    12 dances · 39%
    1943
  3. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogueJul 51943
All recordings of Ya sale el tren

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

Ya sale el trenMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 17 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2011: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2022: 2, 2024: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  2. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    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 4 complete sets on film

  1. Alejandro Hermida and Nayla Vacca

    2011 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1El ingenieroCarlos Di Sarli, 1952
    2. 2Ya sale el trenRicardo Tanturi, 1943
    3. 3Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938
    4. 4Dichas que vivíRodolfo Biagi, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Agustin Rojas and Victoria Olivella

    2022 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Ya sale el trenMiguel Caló, 1943
    2. 2TemoTípica Victor, 1940
    3. 3El cuarteadorAníbal Troilo, 1941
    4. 4Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Daniela Roig and Hernan Alvarez Prieto

    2012 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Ya sale el trenRicardo Tanturi, 1943
    2. 2HumillaciónJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    3. 3La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Luis Rubistein

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370193615

MusicBrainz · 7a759311-2ec3-48dc-830f-843e8c4660e7source

TodoTango · tema/264

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Luis Rubistein

Listen

  1. Ya sale el trenMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeon
  2. Ya sale el trenRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor

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