Song
El flete · Jorge Arduh · 1994
Jorge ArduhtangoWho recorded it
Every version7Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1928
Recorded in 1994, during the Revival (1985–1999).
19851999
Jorge Arduh · no periods written yet
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
7 orchestras recorded it
346 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Vicente Greco
- Words
- Pascual Contursi
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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Se acabaron los pesaos, patoteros y mentaos de coraje y decisión. Se acabaron los malos de taleros y de palos, fariñeras y . Se acabaron los de faca y todos la van de araca cuando llega la ocasión. Porque al de más copete lo catan y le dan flete pa' la otra población. Esos taitas que tenían la mujer de prepotencia, la van de pura decencia y no ganan pa'l bullón. Nadie se hace el pata ancha ni su pecho ensancha de puro , porque al de más copete lo catan y le dan flete pa' la otra población.
English · machine translation
No more pesaos, and the patooties and the of courage and decision. No more bad guys of taleros and sticks, fariñeras and facon. No more faca and everyone goes araca when the occasion arises. Because the one with the most they catan him and give him freight to the other town. Those taitas who had the woman of arrogance, they go with pure decency and they don't win for the bullón. No one plays the wide-legged nor does his chest widen of pure compadron, because the one with the most wealth they catan him and give him freight to the other town.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
A Song's recorded lineage
We hold dated Recordings by 7 orchestras; the earliest here is Francisco Canaro in 1928.
- 1928Francisco CanaroRecording
- 1930Orquesta Típica PorteñaRecording
- 1936Juan D'ArienzoRecording
- 1939Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Recording
- 1952Héctor VarelaRecording
- 1966Osvaldo FresedoRecording
- 1994Jorge ArduhRecording
Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.
7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1936, with 97% of the 346 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
2 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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.
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- Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedEl fleteJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 133 BPM · E major337 dances · 97%1936
- Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl fleteFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon7 dances · 2%1928
- Héctor VarelaEl fleteHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango2 dances · <1%1952
- Orquesta Típica PorteñaEl fleteOrquesta Típica PorteñatangoNo match yet1930
- Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)El fleteQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeonNo match yet1939
- Osvaldo FresedoEl fleteOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbiaNo match yet1966
- Jorge ArduhEl fleteJorge ArduhtangoNo match yet1994
- Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1914
- Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1916
- Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMar 301939
- Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueDec 41950
- Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
- Pablo AslanNot in our catalogue
- Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue
- Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogue
- La TubatangoNot in our catalogue
One recording
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Jorge Arduh
El fleteJorge ArduhtangoNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
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