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Cuento azul

Music by Miguel Caló, Osmar Maderna, lyrics by Julio Jorge Nelson. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1943.

Versions of Cuento azul recorded 1943

Cuento azul was composed by Miguel Caló and Osmar Maderna.† The lyrics of Cuento azul are by Julio Jorge Nelson.†

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1 orchestra recorded it

4 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Miguel Caló, Osmar Maderna
Words
Julio Jorge Nelson
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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El cuento azul que me contó mi madre allá en las horas de mi niñez, asoma hoy sus páginas sublimes de confidencias y sencillez, relato que sellaba una emoción en el atardecer grisáceo y otoñal, junto al faldón mis manos se posaban y yo escuchaba... mi cuento azul. Recordar un sueño es vivir, es el retorno lírico de ayer, es primavera para el alma envejecida, es canto y brisa... es fe y placer... Añorar... poder regresar a hermosas horas de la juventud, es embriagarse de alegrías y esperanzas que en lontananza... rodando van... Y el cuento azul... yo sé que tú aguardabas que lo contara... ¿Verdad que sí?... No puede ser... perdoname el secreto quiero ocultarlo dentro de mí... Aquello que mi madre me narró, tal vez en realidad alguna vez pasó perdoname no puedo confesarte porque reservo... mi cuento azul.

English · machine translation

The blue story my mother told me back in the hours of my childhood, today its sublime pages of confidences and simplicity of confidences and simplicity, a story that sealed an emotion in the grayish and autumnal dusk, next to the skirt my hands were resting and I listened... my blue tale. To remember a dream is to live, is the lyrical return of yesterday, it is springtime for the aged soul, it is song and breeze... it is faith and pleasure... To yearn... to be able to return to beautiful hours of youth, is to be intoxicated with joys and hopes... that in the distance... are rolling away... And the blue story... I know that you were waiting for me to tell it... for me to tell it... Didn't you? It can't be... forgive me the secret... I want to hide it inside me... What my mother told me, maybe it really happened sometime... forgive me I can't confess to you because I reserve... my blue tale.

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The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1943 to 1943.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedCuento azulMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon
    4 dances
    1943

One recording

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Miguel Caló

Cuento azulMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 5 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2015–2022

20152022
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2015: 1, 2022: 1

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In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370202939

TodoTango · tema/3416

Composer2

Composed by Miguel Caló

Composed by Osmar Maderna

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Julio Jorge Nelson

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  1. Cuento azulMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon

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