Song
El motivo · Julio De Caro · 1942
Julio De Carosinger unknowntangoPinned at 1942 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Julio De Caro recordings indexed 1924–1953 · gold: After Laurenz, 1934–1943
The work
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- Music
- Juan Carlos Cobián
- Lyrics
- Pascual Contursi
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Recordings
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15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of
The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1961, with 68% of the 157 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
6 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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- Aníbal TroiloMost dancedEl motivoAníbal TroiloRoberto GoyenechetangoRCA Victor106 dances · 68%1961
- Juan Carlos CobianEl motivoJuan Carlos Cobiansinger unknowntango30 dances · 19%1944
- Osvaldo PuglieseEl motivoOsvaldo Pugliesesinger unknowntangoPhilips8 dances · 5%1966
- Roberto GoyenecheEl motivoRoberto Goyenechesinger unknowntango6 dances · 4%1968
- Alberto MarinoEl motivoAlberto Marinosinger unknowntango3 dances · 2%1947
- Julio De CaroEarliest we holdEl motivoJulio De Carosinger unknowntango2 dances · 1%1942
- Aníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollaEl motivoAníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor2 dances · 1%1970
- Eduardo Del PianoEl motivoEduardo Del PianoÁngel VargastangoRCA VictorNo match yet1949
- Alberto MancioneEl motivoAlberto MancioneFrancisco FiorentinotangoNo match yet1951
- José BassoEl motivoJosé BassoFloreal RuiztangoMusic HallNo match yet1962
- Aníbal TroiloEl motivoAníbal TroiloTito ReyestangoRCA VictorNo match yet1965
- Aníbal TroiloEl motivoAníbal TroiloTito ReyestangoRCA VictorNo match yet1965
- Horacio SalganEl motivoHoracio Salgansinger unknowntangoPhilipsNo match yet1965
- Reynaldo NicheleEl motivoReynaldo Nichelesinger unknowntangoMicrofonNo match yet1965
- Nuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)El motivoNuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)singer unknowntangoPhilipsNo match yet1987
- Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1919
- José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1920
- Emilio BalcarceNot in our catalogueAlberto Marino · Nov 61947
- Ciriaco Ortiz, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1965
- Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
Lyrics
Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.
Mina que fue en otro tiempo la más papa y en esas noches tangueras fue la reina del festín. Hoy no tiene pa' ponerse ni zapatos ni vestidos, anda enferma y el amigo no aportó para el . Ya no tienen sus ojazos esos fuertes resplandores y en su cara los colores se le ven palidecer. Está enferma, sufre y llora y manya con sentimiento de que así, enferma y sin más naide la va a querer. Pobre que ha tenido a la gente rechiflada y supo con la mirada conquistar una pasión. Hoy no tiene quien se arrime por cariño a su . ¡Pobre arrabalera que quedó sin corazón! Y cuando de los bandoneones se oyen las notas de un tango, pobre florcita de fango siente en su alma vibrar las nostalgias de otros tiempos de placeres y de amores, ¡hoy sólo son sinsabores que la invitan a llorar!
English · machine translation
Mina who was once the most papa milonguera and in those tango nights she was the queen of the feast. Today she has no shoes or dresses neither shoes nor dresses, she is sick and her friend did not contribute to the bulín. Her big eyes no longer have no longer have those strong glares and in his face the colors pale on her face. She is sick, she suffers and cries and manya with feeling that this way, sick and without wind no one will love her anymore. Poor paica who has had the people reproached and knew how to conquer a passion to conquer a passion. Today she has no one to come close for affection to her catrera. Poor little paica who was left without a heart! And when from the bandoneons the notes of a tango are heard, poor little mud flower feels in her soul vibrating the nostalgia of other times of pleasures and loves, today they are only sorrows that invite her to weep!
The versions dancers use
Music from 1942 · danced on film 2008–2011
2008: 1, 2011: 1
Read more
- EntryEl pensamiento · Julio De Caro · 1942Recording
- EntryEl monito · Julio De Caro · 1939Recording
- EntryEl motivo · Juan Carlos Cobian · 1944Recording
- EntryEl monito · Julio De Caro · 1949Recording
- EntryEl baqueano · Julio De Caro · 1941Recording
- EntryEl monito · Julio De Caro · 1928Recording
- EntryMaipo · Julio De Caro · 1941Recording
- EntryLa rayuela · Julio De Caro · 1941Recording
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- Donato Juarez4 videos
- Carolina del Rivero4 videos
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