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Tomo y obligo

Music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1969.

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

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1931 to 1969.

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1930’40’50’60
Recordings of Tomo y obligo by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 16 more we know of

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

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedTomo y obligoÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    4 dances
    1943
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdTomo y obligoFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1931
  3. Francisco CanaroTomo y obligoFrancisco CanaroArgentino LedesmatangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1969
  4. José BassoTomo y obligoJosé BassoJorge DurántangoOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  5. Florindo SassoneTomo y obligoFlorindo SassoneMario BustostangoOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  6. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1929
  7. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1931
  8. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo BarbieriNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Sep 281931
  9. Ismael SpitalnikNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Aug 61946
  10. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  11. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueMay 151968
  12. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1974
  13. Al TangoNot in our cataloguePiotr Rafałko2006
  14. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  15. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue
  16. Enrique DumasNot in our catalogue
  17. Oscar AlonsoNot in our catalogue
  18. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  19. Barnabás von GéczyNot in our catalogue
  20. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueCarlos Roldán

Lyrics

Español

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

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

2010: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 1

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Carlos Gardel

In other catalogues4

TodoTango · tema/585

tango.info · T0370028593

Wikidata · Q52834040source

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

Listen

  1. Tomo y obligoFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
  2. Tomo y obligoÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
  3. Tomo y obligoJosé BassoJorge DurántangoOdeon
  4. Tomo y obligoFlorindo SassoneMario BustostangoOdeon
  5. Tomo y obligoFrancisco CanaroArgentino LedesmatangoOdeon

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