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Lejos de Buenos Aires

Music by Alberto Suárez Villanueva, lyrics by Oscar Rubens. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1972.
1942: 2 · danced 38 times1972: 1 · danced 0 times
1942’50’60’701972
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1942: 2, 38; 1972: 1, 0

Lejos de Buenos Aires was composed by Alberto Suárez Villanueva.

Lejos de Buenos Aires is a tango.

Lejos de Buenos Aires was published in 1942.

The lyrics of Lejos de Buenos Aires are by Oscar Rubens.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Alberto Suárez Villanueva
Lyrics
Oscar Rubens

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50’60’70

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Sep 1
    7 dances
    1942
  2. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedRaúl Berón · Odeon · Jul 29
    31 dances
    1942
  3. Atilio StamponeRoberto Goyeneche · Oct 3
    Not danced on film yet
    1972
  4. Miguel CalóNot in our catalogueRaúl Berón1963
  5. Oscar AlonsoNot in our catalogue
  6. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueInstrumental

Lyrics

Español

Con la mueca del pesar; viejo, triste y sin valor... Lento el paso al caminar... Voy cargando mi dolor. Lejos de la gran ciudad que me ha visto florecer, en las calles más extrañas siento el alma oscurecer. Nadie observa mi final, ni le importa mi dolor... Nadie quiere mi amistad, ¡sólo estoy con mi amargor! Y así vago sin cesar desde el día que llegué cuando en pos de un sueño loco todo, todo abandoné... Y andando sin destino de pronto reaccioné al escuchar de un disco el tango aquel: "Mozo traiga otra copa" -que lo cantaba Carlos Gardel. Y al escucharlo recordé todo el pasado, los años mozos tan felices que pasé... Mi viejecita, la barra amiga... la noviecita que abandoné... ¡Tango que trae recuerdos! ¡Mi Buenos Aires... quiero volver! Buenos Aires, mi ciudad... ¡cuánto extraño tu emoción! Hoy que vuelvo a recordar se me parte el corazón... ¡Cómo pude yo dejar, cómo pude abandonar!, el calor de aquella tierra que me dio ternura y paz. La casita paternal que me vio feliz crecer, mi amorcito pasional y la barra del café; todo vuelve a resurgir en la dulce evocación y al pensar lo que he dejado se me escapa un lagrimón. Por eso, emocionado me ha hecho estremecer al escuchar de un disco el tango aquel: "Mozo traiga otra copa" -que lo cantaba Carlos Gardel. Y al escucharlo recordé todo el pasado, los años mozos tan felices que pasé... Mi viejecita, la barra amiga... la noviecita que abandoné... ¡Tango que trae recuerdos! ¡Mi Buenos Aires... quiero volver!

English · machine translation

With the grimace of regret; old, sad and worthless... Slow as I walk... I go carrying my pain. Far from the great city that has seen me flourish.., In the strangest streets I feel my soul grow dark. No one sees my end, no one cares about my pain... No one wants my friendship, I am alone with my bitterness! And so I wander unceasingly since the day I arrived when in pursuit of a mad dream I abandoned everything, everything... And wandering without destination I suddenly reacted when I heard that tango on a record: "Mozo traiga otra copa" - sung by Carlos Gardel. And listening to it I remembered all the past, the happy young years I had spent... My old lady, the friendly bar... the girlfriend I abandoned... Tango that brings back memories! My Buenos Aires... I want to go back! Buenos Aires, my city... how much I miss your emotion! Today that I remember again, my heart is breaking... How could I leave, how could I abandon...! the warmth of that land that gave me tenderness and peace. The paternal house that saw me grow up happily, my passionate sweetheart and the coffee bar; everything comes back to life again in the sweet evocation. and at the thought of what I have left behind a tear escapes me. That is why, moved, it made me tremble listening to that tango from a record: "Mozo traiga otra copa" - sung by Carlos Gardel. And when I listened to it I remembered all the past, the happy young years I spent... My old lady, the friendly bar... the girlfriend I abandoned... Tango that brings back memories! My Buenos Aires... I want to go back!

Danced to it

Music from 1942–1972 · danced on film 2006–2025

20062025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 2, 2011: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 5, 2014: 2, 2015: 3, 2016: 4, 2017: 2, 2018: 4, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 4

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Glorias ArgentinasMataderos
    1 performance
  2. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  4. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Alberto Suárez Villanueva

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1806

Single source

tango.info · Z0000059923

Single source

MusicBrainz · 336f5658-604b-431d-bbc7-45609a961a2csource

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Published1

Published 1942

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Oscar Rubens

Single source

Listen

  1. Lejos de Buenos AiresMiguel Caló · Raúl Berón1942
  2. Lejos de Buenos AiresAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1942
  3. Lejos de Buenos AiresAtilio Stampone · Roberto Goyeneche · no clip yet1972

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