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Ficha de oro

Music by Carmelo Di Napoli, lyrics by Enrique Dizeo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1942.

Ficha de oro is a milonga.

Ficha de oro was composed by Carmelo Di Nápoli.

The lyrics of Ficha de oro are by Enrique Dizeo.

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Credit

Music
Carmelo Di Napoli
Lyrics
Enrique Dizeo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1940

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Oct 9
    39 dances
    1942
  2. Manuel BuzonOsvaldo Moreno
    Not danced on film yet
    1942

Lyrics

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Soy del tiempo que se fue, con la canción, que en Buenos Aires se oía en la guitarra cantar, con emoción, 'Pobre mi madre querida'; cuando el mate iba y venía detrás del pan de cremona y era sentir un placer, pasar así, más de un atardecer. Aprendí del pasado a ser quien soy, a dejar un recuerdo donde voy y a saber que un buen amigo en la vida vale más que lo que pueda tener; y ayudar sin que me rindan honor al que a mi venga a pedirme un favor.

English · machine translation

I am from the time that went away, with the song, that in Buenos Aires could be heard in the guitar to sing, with emotion, 'Pobre mi madre querida' (Poor my dear mother); when the mate came and went behind the cremona bread and it was a pleasure to spend more than one sunset, more than one sunset. I learned from the past to be who I am, to leave a memory wherever I go and to know that a good friend in life is worth more than what I can have; and to help without being honored whoever comes to me to ask me for a favor.

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2015–2025

20152025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 5, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 3, 2025: 7

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1718

Single source

tango.info · T0370169531

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MusicBrainz · aae25a67-ec3d-4557-9aaf-e3e19b5de11esource

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Is a1

Is a Milonga

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Composer1

Composed by Carmelo Di Nápoli

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Dizeo

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Listen

  1. Ficha de oroAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1942
  2. Ficha de oroManuel Buzon · Osvaldo Moreno1942

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