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Gitana rusa · Jorge Arduh · 1974

Jorge Arduh · tango · 1974
Music by Juan Sánchez Gorio, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1974.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Ricardo Malerba, 1942

  1. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa1942
  2. Ricardo MalerbaOrlando Medina1942
  3. Jorge Arduh1974

Recorded in 1974, during the Nuevo (1955–1984).

1974

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Jorge Arduh · no periods written yet

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Key facts
Year
1974
Orchestra
Jorge Arduh
Contents1The song2Who wrote it3Lyrics4Every version5One recording

The song

JORGE ARDUH Y SU ORQUESTA TÍPICAJorge ArduhGITANA RUSATango1974

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

37 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan Sánchez Gorio
Words
Horacio Sanguinetti
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Pintó tus ojos el azabache de una pena. Gitana buena, yo vi tus lágrimas de amor. Caminos blancos, fueron pañuelo de tu llanto y acongojaron tu corazón. Gitana rusa, no lo hallarás por las tabernas, ni en las estepas, ni en las calles del dolor. Gitana triste, serás más triste cuando sepas que tu gitano se arrojó una noche al Don... Las balalaicas buscaron música en tus trenzas, y los cosacos cantaron a tu soledad. Tus ojos negros estaban lejos de la vida ya no querían volver a amar.

English · machine translation

Painted your eyes the jet of a sorrow. Good gypsy, I saw your tears of love. White roads were the handkerchief of your tears and grieved your heart. Russian gypsy, you won't find it in the taverns, nor in the steppes, nor in the streets of sorrow. Sad gypsy, you'll be sadder when you know that your gypsy threw himself one night into the Don... The balalaicas looked for music in your braids and the Cossacks sang of your loneliness. Your black eyes were far from life no longer wanted to love again.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1942 to 1974.
1940’50’60’70
Recordings of Gitana rusa · Jorge Arduh · 1974 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 8, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Ricardo Malerba, 1942, with 92% of the 37 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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.

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

  1. Ricardo MalerbaEarliest we holdMost dancedGitana rusa · Ricardo Malerba · Orlando Medina · tango · Oct 5, 1942Measured automatically · 118 BPM · A major
    34 dances · 92%
    1942
  2. Osvaldo FresedoGitana rusa · Osvaldo Fresedo · Oscar Serpa · tango · Nov 27, 1942 · RCA VictorMeasured automatically · 123 BPM · D major
    3 dances · 8%
    1942
  3. Jorge ArduhGitana rusa · Jorge Arduh · tango · 1974
    No match yet
    1974
  4. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza1951
  5. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza1952
  6. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue
  7. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza
  8. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueMercedes Serrano
  9. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

JORGE ARDUH Y SU ORQUESTA TÍPICAJorge ArduhGITANA RUSATango1974

Jorge Arduh

Gitana rusa · Jorge Arduh · tango · 1974

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

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  1. Gitana rusa · Ricardo Malerba · Orlando Medina · 1942

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