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Cafetín de Buenos Aires · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1948

Osvaldo FresedoOsvaldo CordotangoRCA Victor
Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by Mariano Mores. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1948–1977.

Pinned at 1948 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Fresedo recordings indexed 1926–1980 · 3 applied periods in gold

Cafetín de Buenos Aires · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1948 was sung by Osvaldo Cordo.†† Cafetín de Buenos Aires · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1948 is a tango.† Cafetín de Buenos Aires · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1948 lasts 03:10.†

The work

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Music
Mariano Mores
Lyrics
Mariano Mores

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 8 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1948 to 1977.

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1940’50’60’70
Recordings of Cafetín de Buenos Aires · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1948 by year, taller the more they are danced · 8 of 8 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 19 more we know of

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdCafetín de Buenos AiresAníbal TroiloEdmundo RiverotangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1948
  2. Miguel CalóCafetín de Buenos AiresMiguel CalóAlberto MarinotangoOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  3. Osvaldo FresedoCafetín de Buenos AiresOsvaldo FresedoOsvaldo CordotangoRCA Victor
    Not danced on film yet
    1948
  4. José BassoCafetín de Buenos AiresJosé BassoHéctor de RosastangoMusic Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1964
  5. Roberto GoyenecheMost dancedCafetín de Buenos AiresRoberto Goyenechesinger unknowntango
    6 dances
    1968
  6. Mariano MoresCafetín de Buenos AiresMariano Moressinger unknowntango
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  7. Mariano MoresCafetín de Buenos AiresMariano MoresEnrique Lucerotango
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  8. Mariano MoresCafetín de Buenos AiresMariano MoresNito Morestango
    Not danced on film yet
    1977
  9. Hugo Di CarloNot in our cataloguePablo Moreno1948
  10. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogueTania · Jul 11948
  11. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueAlberto Fontán Luna · Nov 251948
  12. Osvaldo CordóNot in our catalogueOsvaldo Cordó1959
  13. Ángel DomínguezNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1967
  14. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche1968
  15. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1973
  16. Rubén JuárezNot in our catalogue
  17. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  18. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  19. Virginia LuqueNot in our catalogue
  20. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

De chiquilín te miraba de afuera como a esas cosas que nunca se alcanzan... La ñata contra el vidrio, en un azul de frío, que sólo fue después viviendo igual al mío... Como una escuela de todas las cosas, ya de muchacho me diste entre asombros: el cigarrillo, la fe en mis sueños y una esperanza de amor. Cómo olvidarte en esta queja, cafetín de Buenos Aires, si sos lo único en la vida que se pareció a mi vieja... En tu mezcla milagrosa de sabihondos y suicidas, yo aprendí filosofía... dados... timba... y la poesía cruel de no pensar más en mí. Me diste en oro un puñado de amigos, que son los mismos que alientan mis horas: (José, el de la quimera... Marcial, que aún cree y espera... y el flaco Abel que se nos fue pero aún me guía....). Sobre tus mesas que nunca preguntan lloré una tarde el primer desengaño, nací a las penas, bebí mis años y me entregué sin luchar.

English · machine translation

When I was a little boy I looked at you from the outside like those things that you never reach... The leg against the glass, in a cold blue, that was only later living the same as mine... Like a school of all things, already as a boy you gave me among astonishments: the cigarette, faith in my dreams and a hope of love. How to forget you in this complaint, coffee shop of Buenos Aires, if you are the only thing in life that resembled my old lady... In your miraculous mixture of know-it-alls and suicides, I learned philosophy... dice... timba... and the cruel poetry of not thinking about me anymore. You gave me, in gold, a handful of friends.., who are the same ones that encourage my hours: (José, the one of the chimera.... Marcial, who still believes and hopes? and the skinny Abel who left us but still guides me ....). On your tables that never ask questions I cried one afternoon the first disappointment, I was born to sorrows, I drank my years and gave myself up without a fight.

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Osvaldo CordoJul 20, 1948

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 03149024230929-1-7

tango.info · 02480002043928-1-13

tango.info · 07798108080521-1-6

tango.info · 00828766032628-1-20

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:10

Audio feature15

Audio feature 117.5

Audio feature 0.925

Audio feature A

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.728

Audio feature -23.7

Audio feature 0.305

Audio feature 0.152

Audio feature 0.464

Audio feature 0.004

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.532

Audio feature 120.4

Audio feature 60.2

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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