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Pa' que bailen los muchachos · Troilo-Grela · 1962

Troilo-GrelainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–2014.
1942: 1 · danced 22 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1963: 1 · danced 1 times1970: 1 · danced 2 times2014: 1 · danced 0 times
1942’50’60’70’80’90’002014
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1942: 1, 22; 1962: 1, 0; 1963: 1, 1; 1970: 1, 2; 2014: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1942, 1963 and 1970.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Pa' que bailen los muchachos · Troilo-Grela · 1962 is a tango.† Pa' que bailen los muchachos · Troilo-Grela · 1962 lasts 02:45.†

Credit

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedPa' que bailen los muchachosAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    22 dances
    1942
  2. Aníbal TroiloPa' que bailen los muchachosAníbal TroiloRoberto GoyenechetangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1963
  3. Aníbal TroiloPa' que bailen los muchachosAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1970
  4. Sexteto VisceralPa' que bailen los muchachosSexteto Visceralsinger unknowntango
    Not danced on film yet
    2014
  5. Troilo-GrelaPa' que bailen los muchachosTroilo-GrelainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  6. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue1942
  7. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril1942
  8. Rubén JuárezNot in our catalogue
  9. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  10. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  11. Damián FicarraNot in our catalogue
  12. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue
  13. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogue
  14. Reinhard LangnickelNot in our catalogueFeline Lang
  15. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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

Pa' que bailen los muchachos via' tocarte, bandoneón. ¡La vida es una milonga! Bailen todos, compañeros, porque el baile es un abrazo: Bailen todos, compañeros, que este tango lleva el paso. Entre el lento ir y venir del tango va la frase dulce. Y ella baila en otros brazos, prendida, rendida, por otro amor. No te quejes, bandoneón, Que me duele el corazón. Quien por celos va sufriendo su cariño va diciendo. No te quejes, bandoneón, que esta noche toco yo. Pa' que bailen los muchachos hoy te toco, bandoneón. ¡La vida es una milonga! Ella fue como una madre, ella fue mi gran cariño... nos abrimos y no sabe que hoy la lloro como un niño... Quién la va a saber querer con tanto amor, como la quise. Pobre amiga, pobre , ¡qué ganas más locas de irte a buscar! Pa' que bailen los muchachos via' tocarte, bandoneón. ¡La vida es una milonga!

English · machine translation

For the boys to dance via' tocarte, bandoneon. Life is a milonga! Everybody dance, comrades, because dancing is an embrace: Dance all of you, comrades, that this tango carries the step. Between the slow comings and goings of the tango goes the sweet phrase. And she dances in other arms, caught up, surrendered, for another love. Don't complain, bandoneon, That my heart aches. Whoever suffers from jealousy his love is saying. Don't complain, bandoneon tonight I'm playing. For the boys to dance today I'll play for you, bandoneon. Life is a milonga! She was like a mother, she was my great love... we opened up and she doesn't know that today I cry for her like a child... Who will know how to love her with as much love as I loved her. Poor friend, poor girl, what a crazy desire to go looking for you! For the boys to dance via' tocarte, bandoneon. Life is a milonga!

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:45

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Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. Pa' que bailen los muchachosAníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino

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