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Song

Bien de abajo

Music by Arturo Penón. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1967–1967.

Bien de abajo was composed by Arturo Penón.†

Credit

Music
Arturo Penón

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedAbel Córdoba · Philips · Jun 1196717 dances

Lyrics

Español

Yo soy bien de abajo y anduve a los tumbos cuerpeando la mala y al fin le gané. Me pesó en el lomo conservar el rumbo. Me costó mis golpes, pero no aflojé. Peleé por la luz que quisieron robarme y si perdí cosas, salvé lo mejor. Hoy tengo el orgullo de no doblegarme. De saber que nadie me vende un buzón. Por eso mi tango nació retobado. Porque me he cansado de ver aguantar. Cuando creo en alguien, me pongo a su lado. Y si estoy jugado no me vuelvo atrás. Y si es que mi vida la vivo a los saltos, tengo tanto asfalto, que caigo 'parao'. Soy sangre rebelde, muchacho de abajo. Yo creo en mis brazos, en lo que ellos dan. Y del lado izquierdo me caigo a pedazos, cuando unos ojazos me miran de más. Mi barrio y mi gente escuchan mi credo que a los barquinazos aprendí a cantar. Como un canto arisco, donde el sol que muerdo calienta mis labios para protestar.

English · machine translation

I'm from right down at the bottom and I went about stumbling dodging the bad luck and in the end I beat it. It weighed on my back to keep my course. It cost me my knocks, but I never gave in. I fought for the light they tried to steal from me and if I lost things, I saved the best. Today I have the pride of not bending. Of knowing that nobody sells me a postbox. And so my tango was born stubborn. Because I've got tired of watching people put up with it. When I believe in somebody, I stand at their side. And if I'm committed I don't go back. And if it's true that my life I live it in leaps and bounds, I've got so much asphalt in me, that I land on my feet. I'm rebel blood, a lad from the bottom. I believe in my arms, in what they can give. And on my left side I fall to pieces, when a pair of great eyes look at me too long. My neighborhood and my people hear my creed that through the batterings I learned to sing. Like a rough song, where the sun I bite into warms my lips so I can protest.

Danced to it

Dipi Kvitko2017 · 2:26

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19671967

1967: 1

Composer1

Composed by Arturo Penón

Single source

In other catalogues1

MusicBrainz · f1e17836-0dd3-448f-89fd-4f61ec7a0022source

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Listen

  1. Bien de abajoOsvaldo Pugliese · Abel Córdoba1967

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