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Copas amigas y besos · Francisco Lomuto · 1944

Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1945.
1944: 3 · danced 29 times1945: 2 · danced 3 times
19441945
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1944: 3, 29; 1945: 2, 3

Copas amigas y besos · Francisco Lomuto · 1944 was sung by Alberto Rivera.† Copas amigas y besos · Francisco Lomuto · 1944 is a tango.† Copas amigas y besos · Francisco Lomuto · 1944 lasts 02:42.†

Credit

Music
Mariano Mores
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

1940

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Dec 19
    29 dances
    1944
  2. Rodolfo BiagiJorge Ortiz · Odeon · Feb 6
    3 dances
    1945
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCarlos Roldán · Odeon · Nov 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1944
  4. Francisco LomutoAlberto Rivera · RCA Victor · Nov 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1944
  5. Enrique AlessioAlberto Castillo · Mar 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  6. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our 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.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 02480002336730-2-6

Single source

tango.info · 02480002044505-1-2

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tango.info · 04024236203956-1-5

Single source

Singers1

Sung by Alberto Rivera

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:42

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Copas amigas y besosFrancisco Canaro · Carlos Roldán1944

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