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La copla porteña

Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Ivo Pelay. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–1935.

La copla porteña was composed by Francisco Canaro.†† The lyrics of La copla porteña are by Ivo Pelay.†

Credit

Music
Francisco Canaro
Lyrics
Ivo Pelay

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedRoberto Maida · Odeon · Aug 21
    7 dances
    1935

Lyrics

Español

Tienen coplas en España, cuplés tienen los franceses y yo quiero tener coplas de carácter nacional. Hoy las chicas son terribles cuando se quieren casar, hoy las chicas son terribles cuando se quieren casar, y si pescan candidato no lo dejan escapar, y aunque no tengan carnada el anzuelo hacen tragar, hoy las chicas son terribles cuando se quieren casar, y si pescan candidato no lo dejan escapar. Como tengo varias coplas archivadas en el mate, voy a ver si otra les canto no me quiero hacer rogar. Las muchachas con el cine hoy están locas de atar, las muchachas con el cine hoy están locas de atar, y pretenden a la 'Greta' como estrella suplantar, sin pensar las estrellitas que se pueden estrellar... Las muchachas con el cine hoy están locas de atar y pretenden a la 'Greta' como estrellas suplantar.

English · machine translation

They have coplas in Spain, the French have cuplés and I want to have coplas of national character. Today the girls are terrible when they want to get married, today girls are terrible when they want to get married, and if they catch a candidate they don't let him escape, and even if they don't have bait they make them swallow the bait, today the girls are terrible when they want to get married, and if they catch a candidate they don't let him escape. As I have several couplets filed in my mate, I'm going to see if I can sing another one I don't want to make myself be begged. The girls with the movies today they're mad as hell, the girls with the movies today they're crazy to tie, and they pretend to 'Greta' as a star to supplant, without thinking of the little stars that they can crash... The girls with the cinema today are mad as hell and they pretend to 'Greta' as stars to supplant.

Danced to it

Music from 1935 · danced on film 2009–2016

20092016
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2016: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Francisco Canaro

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370086557

Single source

MusicBrainz · ef1e991c-7b73-44f3-9cd4-0111e5bd667esource

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1973

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Ivo Pelay

Single source

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  1. La copla porteñaFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1935

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