Song
Gitana rusa · Jorge Arduh · 1974
Jorge ArduhtangoWho recorded it
Every version3Earliest we hold: Ricardo Malerba, 1942
Recorded in 1974, during the Nuevo (1955–1984).
19551984
Jorge Arduh · no periods written yet
The song
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
- not yet cited · help fill it
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
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.
- Ricardo MalerbaEarliest we holdMost dancedGitana rusaRicardo MalerbaOrlando MedinatangoMeasured automatically · 118 BPM · A major34 dances · 92%1942
- Osvaldo FresedoGitana rusaOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 123 BPM · D major3 dances · 8%1942
- Jorge ArduhGitana rusaJorge ArduhtangoNo match yet1974
- Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza1951
- Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza1952
- Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue
- Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza
- Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueMercedes Serrano
- Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
One recording
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Jorge Arduh
Gitana rusaJorge ArduhtangoNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
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