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La última copa

Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1926–1987.

Who recorded it

Every version14

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1926

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán1953
  2. Miguel CalóRaúl del Mar · Héctor Gagliardi1965
  3. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo1943
  4. Alfredo De AngelisJuan Carlos Godoy1958
  5. Francisco CanaroAgustin Irusta · Charlo …19261927193119481956
  6. Florindo SassoneMario Bustos · Oscar Macri19661974

Versions of La última copa recorded 1926–1987

La última copa was composed by Francisco Canaro.

La última copa is a tango.

La última copa was published in 1926.

The lyrics of La última copa are by Juan Andrés Caruso.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

9 orchestras recorded it

34 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Canaro
Words
Juan Andrés Caruso
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Eche amigo, nomás, écheme y llene hasta el borde la copa de champán, que esta noche de y de alegría el dolor que hay en mi alma quiero ahogar. Es la última de mi vida, de mi vida, muchachos, que se va... mejor dicho, se ha ido tras de aquella que no supo mi amor nunca apreciar. Yo la quise, muchachos, y la quiero y jamás yo la podré olvidar; yo me emborracho por ella y ella quién sabe qué hará. Eche, mozo, más champán, que todo mi dolor, bebiendo lo he de ahogar; y si la ven, muchachos, díganle que ha sido por su amor que mi vida ya se fue. Y brindemos, nomás, la última copa, que tal vez también ella ahora estará ofreciendo en algún brindis su boca y otra boca feliz la besará. Eche, amigo, nomás, écheme y llene hasta el borde la copa de champán, que mi vida se ha ido tras de aquella que no supo mi amor nunca apreciar.

English · machine translation

Just pour, my friend, just pour me and fill the champagne glass the champagne glass to the brim, for this night of revelry and joy I want to drown the pain in my soul. This is the last party of my life, of my life, boys, which is leaving... or rather, it's gone after the one that my love never knew how to appreciate. I loved her, boys, and I love her and I can never forget her; I get drunk for her and who knows what she'll do. Pour, waiter, more champagne, than all my pain, I'll drown it in drink; And if you see her, boys, tell her that it was for her love that my life is already gone. And let's toast, just the last glass, that maybe she too will now be offering her mouth in some toast and another happy mouth will kiss her. Pour, my friend, just pour, pour me and fill up the champagne glass to the brim, that my life has gone after the one that my love never knew how to appreciate.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 14 recordings of this song by 9 orchestras, 1926 to 1987.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of La última copa by year, taller the more they are danced · 14 of 14 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

14 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

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

The leader is Francisco Canaro, with 41% of the 34 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. Osvaldo PuglieseLa última copaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
    8 dances · 24%
    1953
  2. Ricardo TanturiLa última copaRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
    7 dances · 21%
    1943
  3. Sexteto TangoLa última copaSexteto TangoJorge Macieltango
    3 dances · 9%
    1968
  4. Miguel CalóLa última copaMiguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor GagliarditangoOdeon Colombia
    2 dances · 6%
    1965
  5. Héctor GranéLa última copaHéctor Granétango
    No match yet
    1957
  6. Alfredo De AngelisLa última copaAlfredo De AngelisJuan Carlos GodoytangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1958
  7. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoLa última copaLos Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter GutiérreztangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1987
  8. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jun 141927
  9. Luis CarusoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Mar 111948
  10. Lorenzo BarberoNot in our catalogueJun 281950
  11. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1954
  12. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDalva de Oliveira · May 201957
  13. Michiko MaedaNot in our catalogue1960
  14. Mandragora Tango OrchestraNot in our catalogueJun 42005
  15. Jorge FalcónNot in our catalogue
  16. Jorge SareliNot in our catalogue
  17. Antonio De MayoNot in our catalogue
  18. Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueAgustín Irusta, Roberto Fugazot
All recordings of La última copa

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

La última copaFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1926–1987 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2012: 3, 2013: 1, 2015: 2, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2025: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances

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. Adrian Costa and Amanda Costa

    2012 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1La última copaRicardo Tanturi, 1943
    2. 2La última copaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953
    3. 3Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Benjamin Solano and Veronica Toumanova

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La última copaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953
    2. 2El fleteJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    3. 3MalenaAníbal Troilo, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Maria Inés Bogado and Sebastian Jimenez

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La última copaSexteto Tango, 1968
    2. 2Los despojosMiguel Caló, 1947
    3. 3AdoraciónRodolfo Biagi, 1951
    Watch it on TangoTube

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