Song
Por qué · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1931
Osvaldo FresedoTeófilo IbáñeztangoBrunswickPinned at 1931 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934 · Osvaldo Fresedo recordings indexed 1926–1980 · gold: With Ray, 1931–1939
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
4 orchestras recorded it
8 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Osvaldo Fresedo
- Words
- Emilio Fresedo
- Written
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- First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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¿Por qué si yo soy el mismo querés cambiar mi 'e varón? ¿Por qué si mi pobre ajuar dio a cantar mi honda tristeza? ¿Por qué si no está en mi sangre vos me adornás p' hacerme amargar? Yo soy milonga sentimental. Mi nombre es macho soy el gotán. Vestí de negro con claro... Y me quisieron. Me respetaron. Y fue muy pura mi vida entera y hay quien venera mi cuna de ayer. ¿Por qué quieren que me vista tan ataviao con tanto trenzao? ¿Por qué quieren verme así hecho un de fantasía? ¿Por qué si he nacido tango y así latió mi gran corazón?
English · machine translation
Why do you if I am the same you want to change my male clothes? Why, if my if my poor trousseau gave to sing my deep sadness? Why, if it is not in my blood if it's not in my blood do you adorn me to make me bitter? I am milonga sentimental. My name is macho I am the gotán. I wore black with clear funyi... And they loved me. They respected me. And my whole life was very pure and there are those who venerate my cradle of yesterday. Why do they do they want me to dress so attired with so much braid? Why do they want to see me like this like this of fantasy? Why do they want to see me if I was born tango and that's how my great heart my great heart?
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7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of
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- Osvaldo PugliesePor quéOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel, Alberto MorántangoOdeon2 dances1945
- Adolfo CarabelliEarliest we holdMost dancedPor quéAdolfo CarabelliAlberto Gómeztango4 dances1931
- Héctor GranéPor quéHéctor Granésinger unknowntangoNo match yet1959
- Armando BaliottiNot in our catalogueSep 71951
- Mariano MoresNot in our catalogue
- Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue
- Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogue
- -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Vila
One recording
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Osvaldo Fresedo
Por quéOsvaldo FresedoTeófilo IbáñeztangoBrunswickNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
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