Song
Tomo y obligo
Versions of Tomo y obligo recorded 1931–1969
Tomo y obligo was composed by Carlos Gardel.
Tomo y obligo is a tango.
Tomo y obligo was published in 1931.
The lyrics of Tomo y obligo are by Manuel Romero.
The work
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- Music
- Carlos Gardel
- Lyrics
- Manuel Romero
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Recordings
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5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 16 more we know of
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- Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedTomo y obligoÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor4 dances1943
- Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdTomo y obligoFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeonNot danced on film yet1931
- Francisco CanaroTomo y obligoFrancisco CanaroArgentino LedesmatangoOdeon1 dance1969
- José BassoTomo y obligoJosé BassoJorge DurántangoOdeonNot danced on film yet1951
- Florindo SassoneTomo y obligoFlorindo SassoneMario BustostangoOdeonNot danced on film yet1966
- Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1929
- Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1931
- Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo BarbieriNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Sep 281931
- Ismael SpitalnikNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Aug 61946
- Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
- Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueMay 151968
- Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1974
- Al TangoNot in our cataloguePiotr Rafałko2006
- Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
- Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue
- Enrique DumasNot in our catalogue
- Oscar AlonsoNot in our catalogue
- Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
- Barnabás von GéczyNot in our catalogue
- Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueCarlos Roldán
Lyrics
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Tomo y obligo, mándese un trago, que hoy necesito el recuerdo matar; sin un amigo lejos del pago quiero en su pecho mi pena volcar. Beba conmigo, y si se empaña de vez en cuando mi voz al cantar, no es que la llore porque me engaña, yo sé que un hombre no debe llorar. Si los pastos conversaran, esta pampa le diría de qué modo la quería, con qué fiebre la adoré. Cuántas veces de rodillas, tembloroso, yo me he hincado bajo el árbol deshojado donde un día la besé. Y hoy al verla envilecida y a otros brazos entregada, fue para mí una puñalada y de celos me cegué, y le juro, todavía no consigo convencerme como pude contenerme y ahí nomás no la maté. Tomo y obligo, mándese un trago; de las mujeres mejor no hay que hablar, todas, amigo, dan muy mal pago y hoy mi experiencia lo puede afirmar. Siga un consejo, no se enamore y si una vuelta le toca hocicar, fuerza, canejo, sufra y no llore que un hombre macho no debe llorar.
English · machine translation
I take and oblige, send yourself a drink, today I need the memory to kill; without a friend far from payment I want to pour my sorrow into your breast. Drink with me, and if my voice my voice from time to time when I sing, it is not that I weep for it deceives me, I know that a man should not cry. If the grasses were to talk, this pampa would tell her how I loved her, with what fever I adored her. How many times on my knees, trembling, I have knelt under the leafless tree where one day I kissed her. And today, seeing her debased and surrendered to other arms, was for me a stab and a stab in the back, it was a stab in the back for me and I was blinded by jealousy, and I swear to you, I still can't convince myself how I could restrain myself and not kill her. I drink and I oblige, send yourself a drink; it's better not to talk about women, all of them, my friend, give very bad pay and today my experience can affirm it. Take a piece of advice, don't fall in love and if you have to take a turn, be strong, my friend, suffer and don't cry. a macho man should not cry.
The versions dancers use
Music from 1931–1969 · danced on film 2010–2025
2010: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 1
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- EncyclopediaTomo y obligo - WikipediaWikipedia (es), CC BY-SA 4.0
- EntryCarlos GardelPerson
- EntryManuel RomeroPerson
- EntryVolverComposition
- EntryVolvió una nocheComposition
- EntryMi Buenos Aires queridoComposition
- EntryPor una cabezaComposition
- EntryMe da pena confesarloComposition
- EntryEl día que me quierasComposition
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Composer1
Composed by Carlos Gardel
In other catalogues4
TodoTango · tema/585
tango.info · T0370028593
MusicBrainz · b590d4bf-fbf9-4269-b4c4-4217d8da4b12source
Is a1
Is a Tango
Published1
Published 1931
Lyricist1
Lyrics by Manuel Romero
Notes1
Tomo y obligo, by Manuel Romero and Carlos Gardel, is a tango of 1931.1931
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