Song
La última copa
Who recorded it
Every version14Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1926
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
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.
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
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.
- Osvaldo PuglieseLa última copaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon8 dances · 24%1953
- Ricardo TanturiLa última copaRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor7 dances · 21%1943
- Sexteto TangoLa última copaSexteto TangoJorge Macieltango3 dances · 9%1968
- Miguel CalóLa última copaMiguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor GagliarditangoOdeon Colombia2 dances · 6%1965
- Héctor GranéLa última copaHéctor GranétangoNo match yet1957
- Alfredo De AngelisLa última copaAlfredo De AngelisJuan Carlos GodoytangoOdeonNo match yet1958
- Los Solistas De D'ArienzoLa última copaLos Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter GutiérreztangoMusic HallNo match yet1987
- Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jun 141927
- Luis CarusoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Mar 111948
- Lorenzo BarberoNot in our catalogueJun 281950
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1954
- Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDalva de Oliveira · May 201957
- Michiko MaedaNot in our catalogue1960
- Mandragora Tango OrchestraNot in our catalogueJun 42005
- Jorge FalcónNot in our catalogue
- Jorge SareliNot in our catalogue
- Antonio De MayoNot in our catalogue
- Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueAgustín Irusta, Roberto Fugazot
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances
Danced to it
Music from 1926–1987 · danced on film 2010–2025
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.
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
Adrian Costa and Amanda Costa
2012 · In the order danced: the video titles number them
- 1La última copaRicardo Tanturi, 1943
- 2La última copaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953
- 3Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938
Benjamin Solano and Veronica Toumanova
2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1La última copaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953
- 2El fleteJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
- 3MalenaAníbal Troilo, 1942
Maria Inés Bogado and Sebastian Jimenez
2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1La última copaSexteto Tango, 1968
- 2Los despojosMiguel Caló, 1947
- 3AdoraciónRodolfo Biagi, 1951
Read more
- EncyclopediaLa última copa - WikipediaWikipedia (es), CC BY-SA 4.0
- EntryFrancisco CanaroPerson
- EntryJuan Andrés CarusoPerson
- EntryLa copla porteñaComposition
- EntryCuando el corazónComposition
- EntryLas vueltas de la vidaComposition
- EntryTiempos viejosComposition
- EntryEl chamuyoComposition
- EntryLos indiosComposition
every sentence cites a published fact
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Francisco Canaro
In other catalogues4
TodoTango · tema/908
tango.info · T0370029369
MusicBrainz · 3ea6f23a-21b3-4545-bb54-738b46029893source
Is a1
Is a Tango
Published1
Published 1926
Lyricist1
Lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso
Notes1
Agustín Irusta sings La última copa for the first time on 8 October 1926.Oct 8, 1926
Listen
- La última copaFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
- La última copaFrancisco CanaroAgustín IrustatangoOdeon
- La última copaFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
- La última copaRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
- La última copaFrancisco CanaroAlberto ArenastangoOdeon
- La última copaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
- La última copaFrancisco CanaroGuillermo RicotangoOdeon
- La última copaHéctor Granétango
- La última copaAlfredo De AngelisJuan Carlos GodoytangoOdeon
- La última copaMiguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor GagliarditangoOdeon Colombia
- La última copaFlorindo SassoneMario BustostangoOdeon
- La última copaSexteto TangoJorge Macieltango
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