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La última copa

Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1926–1987.
1926: 1 · danced 0 times1927: 1 · danced 0 times1931: 1 · danced 14 times1943: 1 · danced 7 times1948: 1 · danced 0 times1953: 1 · danced 8 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 2 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times1968: 1 · danced 3 times1974: 1 · danced 0 times1987: 1 · danced 0 times
1926’40’50’60’70’801987
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1926: 1, 0; 1927: 1, 0; 1931: 1, 14; 1943: 1, 7; 1948: 1, 0; 1953: 1, 8; 1956: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 0; 1958: 1, 0; 1965: 1, 2; 1966: 1, 0; 1968: 1, 3; 1974: 1, 0; 1987: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1926, 1927, 1931, 1948 and 1956. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

La última copa was composed by Francisco Canaro.

La última copa is a tango.

La última copa was published in 1926.

The lyrics of La última copa are by Juan Andrés Caruso.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Francisco Canaro
Lyrics
Juan Andrés Caruso

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

14 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán · Odeon · Oct 6
    8 dances
    1953
  2. Miguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi · Odeon Colombia
    2 dances
    1965
  3. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo · RCA Victor · Apr 29
    7 dances
    1943
  4. Alfredo De AngelisJuan Carlos Godoy · Odeon · Apr 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  5. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1926
  6. Francisco CanaroAgustin Irusta · Odeon · Mar 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  7. Francisco CanaroMost dancedCharlo · Odeon · May 13
    14 dances
    1931
  8. Francisco CanaroAlberto Arenas · Odeon · Jan 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1948
  9. Francisco CanaroGuillermo Rico · Odeon · Sep 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  10. Florindo SassoneMario Bustos · Odeon · Mar 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  11. Florindo SassoneOscar Macri · País
    Not danced on film yet
    1974
  12. Sexteto TangoJorge Maciel · Oct 18
    3 dances
    1968
  13. Héctor Grané
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  14. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter Gutiérrez · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1987
  15. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jun 141927
  16. Luis CarusoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Mar 111948
  17. Lorenzo BarberoNot in our catalogueJun 281950
  18. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1954
  19. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDalva de Oliveira · May 201957
  20. Michiko MaedaNot in our catalogue1960

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

Eche amigo, nomás, écheme y llene hasta el borde la copa de champán, que esta noche de y de alegría el dolor que hay en mi alma quiero ahogar. Es la última de mi vida, de mi vida, muchachos, que se va... mejor dicho, se ha ido tras de aquella que no supo mi amor nunca apreciar. Yo la quise, muchachos, y la quiero y jamás yo la podré olvidar; yo me emborracho por ella y ella quién sabe qué hará. Eche, mozo, más champán, que todo mi dolor, bebiendo lo he de ahogar; y si la ven, muchachos, díganle que ha sido por su amor que mi vida ya se fue. Y brindemos, nomás, la última copa, que tal vez también ella ahora estará ofreciendo en algún brindis su boca y otra boca feliz la besará. Eche, amigo, nomás, écheme y llene hasta el borde la copa de champán, que mi vida se ha ido tras de aquella que no supo mi amor nunca apreciar.

English · machine translation

Just pour, my friend, just pour me and fill the champagne glass the champagne glass to the brim, for this night of revelry and joy I want to drown the pain in my soul. This is the last party of my life, of my life, boys, which is leaving... or rather, it's gone after the one that my love never knew how to appreciate. I loved her, boys, and I love her and I can never forget her; I get drunk for her and who knows what she'll do. Pour, waiter, more champagne, than all my pain, I'll drown it in drink; And if you see her, boys, tell her that it was for her love that my life is already gone. And let's toast, just the last glass, that maybe she too will now be offering her mouth in some toast and another happy mouth will kiss her. Pour, my friend, just pour, pour me and fill up the champagne glass to the brim, that my life has gone after the one that my love never knew how to appreciate.

Danced to it

Music from 1926–1987 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2012: 3, 2013: 1, 2015: 2, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2025: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Francisco Canaro

Supported · 2

In other catalogues4

TodoTango · tema/908

Single source

tango.info · T0370029369

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Wikidata · Q28501248source

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MusicBrainz · 3ea6f23a-21b3-4545-bb54-738b46029893source

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Published1

Published 1926

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso

Single source

Notes1

Agustín Irusta sings La última copa for the first time on 8 October 1926.Oct 8, 1926

Single source

Listen

  1. La última copaFrancisco Canaro1926
  2. La última copaFrancisco Canaro · Agustín Irusta1927
  3. La última copaFrancisco Canaro · Charlo1931
  4. La última copaRicardo Tanturi · Alberto Castillo1943
  5. La última copaFrancisco Canaro · Alberto Arenas1948
  6. La última copaOsvaldo Pugliese · Alberto Morán1953
  7. La última copaFrancisco Canaro · Guillermo Rico1956
  8. La última copaHéctor Grané · no clip yet1957
  9. La última copaAlfredo De Angelis · Juan Carlos Godoy1958
  10. La última copaMiguel Caló · Raúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi1965
  11. La última copaFlorindo Sassone · Mario Bustos · no clip yet1966
  12. La última copaSexteto Tango · Jorge Maciel1968

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