Song
La casita de mis viejos · Lucio Demare · 1953
Lucio DemareinstrumentaltangoPampaWho recorded it
Every version12Earliest we hold: Juan Carlos Cobian, 1944
Pinned at 1953 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Lucio Demare recordings indexed 1938–1957
La casita de mis viejos · Lucio Demare · 1953 is a tango.† La casita de mis viejos · Lucio Demare · 1953 lasts 02:54.† La casita de mis viejos · Lucio Demare · 1953: The second of Demare's two 1953 solo piano recordings, of a Cobián tango.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
11 orchestras recorded it
46 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Juan Carlos Cobián
- Words
- Enrique Cadícamo
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.
Español
Barrio tranquilo de mi ayer, como un triste atardecer, a tu esquina vuelvo viejo... Vuelvo más viejo, la vida me ha cambiado... en mi cabeza un poco de plata me ha dejado. Yo fui viajero del dolor y en mi andar de soñador comprendí mi mal de vida, y cada beso lo borré con una copa, las mujeres siempre son las que matan la ilusión. (en un juego de ilusión repartí mi corazón.) Vuelvo vencido a la casita de mis viejos, cada cosa es un recuerdo que se agita en mi memoria, mis veinte abriles me llevaron lejos… locuras juveniles, la falta de consejo. Hay en la casa un hondo y cruel silencio huraño, y al golpear, como un extraño, me recibe el viejo criado… Habré cambiado totalmente, que el anciano por la voz tan sólo me reconoció. Pobre viejita la encontré enfermita; yo le hablé y me miró con unos ojos… Con esos ojos nublados por el llanto como diciéndome porqué tardaste tanto… Ya nunca más he de partir y a tu lado he de sentir el calor de un gran cariño… Sólo una madre nos perdona en esta vida, es la única verdad, es mentira lo demás.
English · machine translation
Quiet neighborhood of my yesterday, like a sad sunset, to your corner I return old... I come back older, life has changed me... in my head a little silver has left me. I was a traveler of pain and in my dreamer's wanderings I understood my evil of life, and every kiss I erased with a drink, women are always the ones who kill the illusion. (in a game of illusion I divided my heart). I return defeated to my parents' house, each thing is a memory that stirs in my memory, my twenty years took me far away... youthful follies, the lack of advice. There is in the house a deep and cruel sullen silence, and when I knock, like a stranger, I am received by the old servant... I must have changed so much, that the old man by my voice only recognized me. Poor old lady, I found her sick; I spoke to her and she looked at me with eyes... With those eyes clouded with tears as if telling me why it took you so long... I will never leave again and by your side I will feel the warmth of a great affection... Only a mother forgives us in this life, is the only truth, everything else is a lie.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 22 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Juan Carlos Cobian, 1944, with 76% of the 46 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
16 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.
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Juan Carlos CobianEarliest we holdMost dancedLa casita de mis viejosJuan Carlos CobianJosé Balbitango35 dances · 76%1944
- Osvaldo PuglieseLa casita de mis viejosOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoPhilips10 dances · 22%1965
- Osvaldo FresedoLa casita de mis viejosOsvaldo FresedoHéctor PachecotangoColumbia1 dance · 2%1952
- Florindo SassoneLa casita de mis viejosFlorindo SassoneCarlos MalbrantangoRCA VictorNo match yet1950
- Lucio DemareLa casita de mis viejosLucio DemareinstrumentaltangoPampaNo match yet1953
- Armando PontierLa casita de mis viejosArmando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS ColumbiaNo match yet1958
- Los Astros del TangoLa casita de mis viejosLos Astros del TangotangoMusic HallNo match yet1958
- Orquesta Típica ImperialLa casita de mis viejosOrquesta Típica ImperialtangoNo match yet2007
- Orquesta Forever TangoLa casita de mis viejosOrquesta Forever TangotangoNo match yet2013
- Matilde VitulloLa casita de mis viejosMatilde VitullotangoNo match yet2019
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1930
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1931
- Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1932
- Jorge VidalNot in our catalogueAug 91960
- Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue1961
- Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueApr 151961
- Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueJun 71961
- Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1973
- Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Lucio Demare
La casita de mis viejosLucio DemareinstrumentaltangoPampaNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
Recorded the same day
What else Lucio Demare recorded on Jan 27, 1953.
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In other catalogues5
tango.info · 00724383814923-1-10
tango.info · 05099964046426-5-10
tango.info · 02480002042983-1-17
tango.info · 08427328131193-1-17
tango.info · 02480002705109-1-1
Is a1
Is a tango
Duration1
Duration 02:54
Notes1
The second of Demare's two 1953 solo piano recordings, of a Cobián tango.
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Vocal1
Vocal instrumental
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