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La mesa de un café

Music by Raúl Kaplún, lyrics by José María Suñé. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1950.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Ricardo Tanturi, 1946

  1. Ricardo TanturiRoberto Videla1946
  2. Raúl KaplunReynaldo Arias1950

Versions of La mesa de un café recorded 1946–1950

La mesa de un café is a tango.

La mesa de un café was composed by Raúl Kaplun.

The lyrics of La mesa de un café are by José María Suñé.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

8 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Raúl Kaplún
Words
José María Suñé
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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La mesa de un café era el punto de reunión, templábamos los tres en el naipe nuestro humor. Diez años fueron nuestros marchando como amigos, iez años son testigos de muestras de valor. Y fue más de una vez que al llegar a algún salón, soplaron por los tres vientos de provocación. Diez años que nos vieron juntos por la misma huella confiados en la estrella que nos acompañó. Hubo una vez un nombre de mujer nombre fatal danzando entre los tres. Cuando llegó, vio que acechaban su camino tres voces y un cariño, entonces se marchó. Con su visión quedó de aquella vez un resquemor danzando entre los tres. Para olvidar esas cosas del pasado, ansioso voy buscando la mesa de una café. Supimos respetar en diez años nuestra unión, viviendo cada cual su romance de ocasión. Romances de una noche, cariños apurados, romances que acabaron sin pena ni rencor. Lo malo es que los tres nos hicimos la ilusión, de que era la mujer que una vez nos manda Dios. Por ella traicionamos la amistad de tantos años, después nos engañamos y todo se acabó.

English · machine translation

The table of a café was the meeting point, the three of us tempered our moods over cards. Ten years were our years marching as friends, Ten years are witnesses of displays of courage. And it was more than once that on arriving at some salon, they blew for the three winds of provocation. Ten years that saw us together on the same path, confident in the star that accompanied us. confident in the star that accompanied us. There was once a woman's name fatal name dancing among the three. When she arrived, she saw three voices and an affection stalking her way three voices and an affection, then she left. With her vision remained of that time a resentment dancing among the three. To forget those things of the past, I anxiously search for a café table. We knew how to respect our union for ten years, each one of us living our romance of occasion. One-night stands, hurried affections, romances that ended without pain or rancor. The bad thing is that the three of us were under the illusion, that she was the woman God once sent us. For her we betrayed the friendship of so many years, then we deceived each other and it was all over.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1946 to 1950.
1940’50
Recordings of La mesa de un café by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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  1. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdLa mesa de un caféRicardo TanturiRoberto VidelatangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1946
  2. Raúl KaplunMost dancedLa mesa de un caféRaúl KaplunReynaldo Ariastango
    8 dances
    1950
  3. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · May 71970
All recordings of La mesa de un café

One recording

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

Raúl Kaplun

La mesa de un caféRaúl KaplunReynaldo Ariastango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Omar Blanco2017 · 5:57

Danced to it

Music from 1946–1950 · danced on film 2017

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/5347

tango.info · T0370237710

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Raúl Kaplun

Lyricist1

Lyrics by José María Suñé

Listen

  1. La mesa de un caféRicardo TanturiRoberto VidelatangoRCA Victor
  2. La mesa de un caféRaúl KaplunReynaldo Ariastango

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