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Song

Milonguero viejo · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955

Carlos Di SarlitangoRCA Victor
Music by Carlos Di Sarli, lyrics by Enrique Carrera Sotelo. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–2004.

Who recorded it

Every version14

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1928

  1. Carlos Di Sarli1940194419511955
  2. Lucio Demare1956
  3. Osvaldo FresedoErnesto Famá19281959
  4. Juan MaglioCarlos Viván1928
  5. Horacio Salgan19571965
  6. Orquesta Escuela de Tango2000

Pinned at 1955 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Carlos Di Sarli recordings indexed 1928–1960 · gold: Calm and grand, 1954–1958

Milonguero viejo · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955: The fourth of Di Sarli's recordings of his own composition, oddly pitched up a key with no singer to justify it, which Lavocah reads as tango drifting from its roots.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

139 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Di Sarli
Words
Enrique Carrera Sotelo
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Its words name
La Paternal

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

El barrio duerme y sueña al arrullo de un triste tango llorón; en el silencio tiembla la voz de un mozo cantor. La última esperanza flota en su canción, en su canción maleva y en el canto dulce eleva toda la dulzura de su humilde amor. Linda pebeta de mis sueños, en este tango llorón mi amor mistongo va cantando su milonga de dolor, y entre el rezongo de los fuelles y el canyengue de mi voz, ilusionado y tembloroso vibra humilde el corazón. Sos la más linda del pobre arrabal, sos la musa maleva de mi inspiración; y en los tangos del de La Paternal sos el alma criolla que llora de amor. Sin berretines mi musa mistonguera chamuya en verso su dolor; tu almita loca, sencilla y ha enloquecido mi pobre corazón. El barrio duerme y sueña al arrullo del triste tango llorón; en el silencio tiembla la voz del mozo cantor; la última esperanza flota en su canción, en su canción maleva y el viento que pasa lleva toda la dulzura de su corazón.

English · machine translation

The neighborhood sleeps and dreams to the lullaby of a sad weeping tango; in the silence trembles the milonga voice of a young singer. The last hope floats in his song, in his evil song and in the sweet song it raises all the sweetness of his humble love. Pretty little pebeta of my dreams, in this weeping tango my mistongo love sings its milonga of pain, and between the rezongo of the bellows and the canyengue of my voice, illusioned and trembling humble heart vibrates. You are the prettiest paica of the poor suburb, you are the evil muse of my inspiration; and in the tangos of the Pibe of La Paternal you are the Creole soul that cries for love. Without berretines my mistonguera muse shamuya in verse your pain; your crazy, simple and milonguera little soul has driven my poor heart crazy. The neighborhood sleeps and dreams to the lullaby of the sad weeping tango; in the silence trembles the milonguera voice of the singing boy; the last hope floats in his song, in his evil song and the passing wind carries all the sweetness of his heart.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 14 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1928 to 2004.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Milonguero viejo · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955 by year, taller the more they are danced · 14 of 14 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

14 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

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

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, with 98% of the 139 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.

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

  2. Los Señores del TangoMilonguero viejoLos Señores del TangoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    2 dances · 1%
    1962
  4. Juan MaglioMilonguero viejoJuan MaglioCarlos Vivántango
    No match yet
    1928
  5. Lucio DemareMilonguero viejoLucio DemaretangoArt-FONO
    No match yet
    1956
  7. Orquesta Escuela de TangoMilonguero viejoOrquesta Escuela de Tangotango
    No match yet
    2000
  9. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogueFeb 291928
  10. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueCarlos Viván · Apr 21928
  11. Carlos Di SarliNot in our catalogue1943
  12. Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogue1958
  13. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue1981
  14. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue
  15. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Milonguero viejoCarlos Di SarlitangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 130 Performances

Carlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20192023 · 3:11

Danced to it

Music from 1955 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 2, 2010: 7, 2011: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 4, 2014: 5, 2015: 1, 2016: 3, 2017: 7, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2021: 3, 2022: 10, 2023: 15, 2024: 14, 2025: 11, 2026: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDetlef Engel & Melina Sedó2008
  2. The 2010sSebastian Jimenez & Maria Inés BogadoMilonga La Baldosa · 2010
  3. The 2020sCarlitos Espinoza & Agustina Piaggio2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    4 performances
  2. Club Social y Deportivo Glorias ArgentinasMataderos
    1 performance
  3. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  4. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  5. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 13 complete sets on film

  1. Maria Inés Bogado and Sebastian Jimenez

    Milonga La Baldosa, 2010 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Milonguero viejoCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    2. 2La brujaJuan D'Arienzo, 1959
    3. 3El vals soñadorMiguel Caló, 1942
    4. 4Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Agustina Piaggio and Carlitos Espinoza

    Viva La Pepa, 2022 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Milonguero viejoCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    2. 2El corazón me engañóJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    3. 3Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    4. 4PasionalOsvaldo Pugliese, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Adriana Laplaca and Marcelo Perez

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La taperaEdgardo Donato, 1936
    2. 2Milonguero viejoCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    3. 3MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    4. 4Milonga bravaFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2El corazón me engañóJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3Este carnavalJuan D'Arienzo, 1951 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4InspiraciónAníbal Troilo, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5La cachilaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1952 · danced together in 2 Performances

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From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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Notes1

The fourth of Di Sarli's recordings of his own composition, oddly pitched up a key with no singer to justify it, which Lavocah reads as tango drifting from its roots.

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  1. Milonguero viejoOsvaldo FresedoErnesto Famá

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