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Copas amigas y besos

Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1945.

Versions of Copas amigas y besos recorded 1944–1945

Copas amigas y besos was composed by Mariano Mores.†† The lyrics of Copas amigas y besos are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

The song

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5 orchestras recorded it

32 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Mariano Mores
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Ella puso su grata tibieza en mis noches de triste bohemia. Ella puso sus flores de anemia en mis sueños de frío y pobreza. Mas un día llegó la riqueza y cambió nuestras vidas. . . Por eso entre copas, amigos y besos la perdí por mi mala cabeza. Y hoy, la llevo en mi negro lunatismo como un grotesco fantasma de mí mismo. Hoy la llevo en mis ojos doloridos como una gota de llanto contenido... Y la llevo, ¡Señor!, como un eco que me sigue, como un sueño hecho cenizas, como un cargo de conciencia, como un dedo acusador. Sin embargo, hoy, que tengo riquezas, me persigue implacable el hastío, y es que añoro esas noches de frío y el amor de su grata tibieza. Ella puso sus flores de anemia en mis sueños de locas fortunas. Ella fue mi rayito de luna que alumbraba mis noches bohemias.

English · machine translation

She put her pleasant warmth in my nights of sad bohemia. She put her flowers of anemia in my dreams of cold and poverty. But one day wealth came and changed our lives. . . That's why between drinks, friends and kisses I lost her because of my bad head. And today, I carry her in my black moonscape like a grotesque ghost of myself. Today I carry her in my aching eyes like a drop of contained tears... And I carry it, Lord! like an echo that follows me, like a dream made ashes, like a burden of conscience, like an accusing finger. Yet today, today, when I have riches, I am relentlessly pursued by boredom, and I long for those cold nights and the love of her pleasant warmth. She put her flowers of anemia in my dreams of mad fortunes. She was my moonbeam that illuminated my bohemian nights.

Every version

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The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1944 to 1945.
1940
Recordings of Copas amigas y besos 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 · 1 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1944, with 91% of the 32 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedCopas amigas y besosAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    29 dances · 91%
    1944
  2. Rodolfo BiagiCopas amigas y besosRodolfo BiagiJorge OrtiztangoOdeon
    3 dances · 9%
    1945
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCopas amigas y besosFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1944
  4. Francisco LomutoCopas amigas y besosFrancisco LomutoAlberto RiveratangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1944
  5. Enrique AlessioCopas amigas y besosEnrique AlessioAlberto Castillotango
    No match yet
    1945
  6. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Aníbal Troilo

Copas amigas y besosAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 29 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1944–1945 · danced on film 2016–2026

20162026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 5, 2019: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 5

Where it is danced

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

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  2. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance
  3. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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