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Lo que vos te merecés

Music by Carlos Olmedo, lyrics by ABEL AZNAR. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–1964.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1956

  1. Aníbal TroiloRoberto Goyeneche1957
  2. Miguel CalóAlfredo Dalton1956
  3. José BassoAlfredo Belusi1964

Versions of Lo que vos te merecés recorded 1956–1964

Lo que vos te merecés was composed by Carlos Olmedo.

Lo que vos te merecés is a tango.

The lyrics of Lo que vos te merecés are by ABEL AZNAR.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

19 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Olmedo
Words
ABEL AZNAR
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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¡Que querés, no te esperaba! Perdoname la franqueza porque desde que te fuiste no pensaba verte más. Y hoy que honrás con tu presencia la miseria de esta pieza, la sorpresa del encuentro la podés imaginar... Perdoná, no me di cuenta, casi ni te di la mano. Si querés quedarte un rato sin ninguna pretensión, poco tengo pa' ofrecerte, no sabés como he quedado, si estoy dando lo que he dado pa' pagar mi Y vos, estoy seguro que habrás echado buena y que te dio vergüenza entrar en el . Ya no andarás cuerpeándole al hambre y a la pena. Tu vida noche y día será un solo festín Me alegra que hayas vuelto después de todo un año con ese vestidito que yo te regalé. Tu lujo, tus alhajas, me hubieran hecho daño ¡Qué bien que te has portado, volviendo como ayer! ¿Qué tenés? ¿Estás llorando? No te pongas de ese modo, si no vas a consolarme con tenerme compasión. No fue sólo por tu culpa que he perdido todo, todo. Es que, entonces, yo tenía un corazón ¿Qué decís? ¿Que te engañaron con un mundo de promesas? Que volvés arrepentida, que hoy recién me comprendés. ¡Que querés si se acabaron tus delirios de grandeza! Hoy tenés de recompensa lo que vos te merecés.

English · machine translation

What do you want, I wasn't expecting you! Forgive my frankness because since you left I didn't think I'd see you anymore. And today that you honor with your presence the misery of this piece, the surprise of the encounter you can imagine... I'm sorry, I didn't realize, I almost didn't shake your hand. If you want to stay for a while without any pretense, I have little to offer you, you don't know how I've been, if I'm giving what I've given to pay for my metejon And you, I'm sure that you must have given good money and that you were ashamed to enter the bulín. You will no longer go around to hunger and sorrow. Your life night and day will be a single feast I'm glad you're back after a whole year with that little dress that I gave you. Your luxury, your jewelry, would have hurt me. How well you have behaved, coming back like yesterday! What's wrong with you? Are you crying? Don't be like that, if you're not going to console me with pity for me. It wasn't only because of you that I lost everything, everything. It's just that, then, I had a dark heart What are you saying? That you were deceived with a world of promises? That you come back repentant, that today you've just understood me. What do you want if your delusions of grandeur your delusions of grandeur! Today you have as a reward what you deserve.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1956 to 1964.
1950’60
Recordings of Lo que vos te merecés by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedLo que vos te merecésAníbal TroiloRoberto GoyenechetangoOdeon
    18 dances
    1957
  2. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdLo que vos te merecésMiguel CalóAlfredo DaltontangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1956
  3. José BassoLo que vos te merecésJosé BassoAlfredo BelusitangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1964
  4. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Lo que vos te merecés

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

Lo que vos te merecésAníbal TroiloRoberto GoyenechetangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 20 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1956–1964 · danced on film 2012–2025

20122025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2020: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 5, 2025: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Carla Rossi and Jose Luis Salvo

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Lo que vos te merecésAníbal Troilo, 1957
    2. 2Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    3. 3Tigre viejoOsvaldo Fresedo, 1934
    Watch it on TangoTube

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