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Tomo y obligo · Florindo Sassone · 1966

Florindo SassoneMario BustostangoOdeon
Music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1931

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas1943
  2. Francisco CanaroCharlo · Argentino Ledesma19311969
  3. José BassoJorge Durán1951
  4. Florindo SassoneMario Bustos1966

Pinned at 1966 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Florindo Sassone recordings indexed 1947–1979

Tomo y obligo · Florindo Sassone · 1966 was sung by Mario Bustos.† Tomo y obligo · Florindo Sassone · 1966 is a tango.† Tomo y obligo · Florindo Sassone · 1966 lasts 02:07.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

5 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Gardel
Words
Manuel Romero
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Tomo y obligo, mándese un trago, que hoy necesito el recuerdo matar; sin un amigo lejos del pago quiero en su pecho mi pena volcar. Beba conmigo, y si se empaña de vez en cuando mi voz al cantar, no es que la llore porque me engaña, yo sé que un hombre no debe llorar. Si los pastos conversaran, esta pampa le diría de qué modo la quería, con qué fiebre la adoré. Cuántas veces de rodillas, tembloroso, yo me he hincado bajo el árbol deshojado donde un día la besé. Y hoy al verla envilecida y a otros brazos entregada, fue para mí una puñalada y de celos me cegué, y le juro, todavía no consigo convencerme como pude contenerme y ahí nomás no la maté. Tomo y obligo, mándese un trago; de las mujeres mejor no hay que hablar, todas, amigo, dan muy mal pago y hoy mi experiencia lo puede afirmar. Siga un consejo, no se enamore y si una vuelta le toca hocicar, fuerza, canejo, sufra y no llore que un hombre macho no debe llorar.

English · machine translation

I take and oblige, send yourself a drink, today I need the memory to kill; without a friend far from payment I want to pour my sorrow into your breast. Drink with me, and if my voice my voice from time to time when I sing, it is not that I weep for it deceives me, I know that a man should not cry. If the grasses were to talk, this pampa would tell her how I loved her, with what fever I adored her. How many times on my knees, trembling, I have knelt under the leafless tree where one day I kissed her. And today, seeing her debased and surrendered to other arms, was for me a stab and a stab in the back, it was a stab in the back for me and I was blinded by jealousy, and I swear to you, I still can't convince myself how I could restrain myself and not kill her. I drink and I oblige, send yourself a drink; it's better not to talk about women, all of them, my friend, give very bad pay and today my experience can affirm it. Take a piece of advice, don't fall in love and if you have to take a turn, be strong, my friend, suffer and don't cry. a macho man should not cry.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1931 to 1969.
1930’40’50’60
Recordings of Tomo y obligo · Florindo Sassone · 1966 by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 16 more we know of

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

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  1. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedTomo y obligoÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    4 dances
    1943
  2. José BassoTomo y obligoJosé BassoJorge DurántangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1951
  3. Florindo SassoneTomo y obligoFlorindo SassoneMario BustostangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1966
  4. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1929
  5. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1931
  6. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo BarbieriNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Sep 281931
  7. Ismael SpitalnikNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Aug 61946
  8. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  9. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueMay 151968
  10. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1974
  11. Al TangoNot in our cataloguePiotr Rafałko2006
  12. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  13. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue
  14. Enrique DumasNot in our catalogue
  15. Oscar AlonsoNot in our catalogue
  16. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  17. Barnabás von GéczyNot in our catalogue
  18. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueCarlos Roldán
  19. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

One recording

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

Florindo Sassone

Tomo y obligoFlorindo SassoneMario BustostangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Florindo Sassone recorded on Mar 8, 1966.

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  3. Sentimiento gauchoFlorindo SassoneMario BustostangoOdeon

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · 00724347760228-1-12

tango.info · 02480002043270-1-7

Singers1

Sung by Mario Bustos

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:07

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Tomo y obligoFrancisco CanaroCharlo

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