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Farol

Music by Virgilio Expósito, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1967.

Farol was composed by Virgilio Expósito.

Farol is a tango.

Farol was published in 1943.

The lyrics of Farol are by Homero Expósito.

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Credit

Music
Virgilio Expósito
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedRoberto Chanel · Odeon · Jul 151943121 dances
  2. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Sep 3019437 dances
  3. José BassoAlfredo Belusi · Music Hall1967

Lyrics

Español

Un arrabal con casas que reflejan su dolor de lata... Un arrabal humano con leyendas que se cantan como tangos... Y allá un reloj que lejos da las dos de la mañana... Un arrabal obrero, una esquina de recuerdos y un farol... Farol, las cosas que ahora se ven... Farol ya no es lo mismo que ayer... La sombra, hoy se escapa a tu mirada, y me deja más tristona la mitad de mi cortada. Tu luz, con el tango en el bolsillo fue perdiendo luz y brillo y es una cruz... Allí conversa el cielo con los sueños de un millón de obreros.. Allí murmura el viento los poemas populares de Carriego, y cuando allá a lo lejos dan las dos de la mañana, el arrabal parece que se duerme repitiéndole al farol...

English · machine translation

A suburb with houses that reflect its tin pain... A human suburb with legends that are sung like tangos... And over there a clock that far away two o'clock in the morning... A working-class suburb, a corner of memories and a lantern... Lantern, the things you can see now... Lantern is no longer the same as yesterday... The shadow, today escapes your gaze, and leaves me sadder half of my cut. Your light, with the tango in my pocket was losing light and brightness and it is a cross... There the sky converses with the dreams of a million workers... There the wind murmurs the popular poems of Carriego, and when there in the distance two o'clock in the morning the suburb seems that it falls asleep repeating to the streetlamp...

Danced to it

Music from 1943–1967 · danced on film 2000–2026

20002026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2000: 1, 2002: 1, 2007: 1, 2008: 2, 2009: 1, 2010: 5, 2011: 4, 2012: 5, 2013: 6, 2014: 7, 2015: 10, 2016: 11, 2017: 11, 2018: 9, 2019: 10, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 11, 2023: 15, 2024: 12, 2025: 5, 2026: 4

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19431967

1943: 2, 1967: 1

Composer1

Composed by Virgilio Expósito

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/204

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tango.info · T0370200308

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MusicBrainz · cf77120a-7abe-4fab-9fb5-7cc935752597source

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1943

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

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Listen

  1. FarolOsvaldo Pugliese · Roberto Chanel1943
  2. FarolAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1943
  3. FarolJosé Basso · Alfredo Belusi · no clip yet1967

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