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Mañana zarpa un barco

Music by Lucio Demare, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–2019.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Lucio Demare, 1942

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1942
  2. Lucio DemareJuan Carlos Miranda19421957
  3. Mario DemarcoJorge Sobral1952
  4. Orquesta Típica Andariega2019

Versions of Mañana zarpa un barco recorded 1942–2019

Mañana zarpa un barco was composed by Lucio Demare.

Mañana zarpa un barco is a tango.

Mañana zarpa un barco was published in 1942.

The lyrics of Mañana zarpa un barco are by Homero Manzi.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

53 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Lucio Demare
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Riberas que no cambian tocamos al anclar. Cien puertos nos regalan la música del mar. Muchachas de ojos tristes nos vienen a esperar y el gusto de las copas parece siempre igual. Tan sólo aquí en tu puerto se alegra el corazón, Riachuelo donde sangra la voz del bandoneón. Bailemos hasta el eco del último compás, mañana zarpa un barco, tal vez no vuelva más. Qué bien se baila sobre la tierra firme. Mañana al alba tenemos que zarpar. La noche es larga, no quiero que estés triste. Muchacha, vamos... no sé por qué llorás. Diré tu nombre cuando me encuentre lejos. Tendré un recuerdo para contarle al mar. La noche es larga, no quiero que estés triste. Muchacha, vamos... no sé por qué llorás. Dos meses en un barco viajó mi corazón. Dos meses añorando la voz del bandoneón. El tango es puerto amigo donde ancla la ilusión. Al ritmo de su danza se hamaca la emoción. De noche, con la luna, soñando sobre el mar, el ritmo de las olas me miente su compás. Bailemos este tango, no quiero recordar. Mañana zarpa un barco, tal vez no vuelva más.

English · machine translation

Shores that do not change we touch at anchor. A hundred ports give us the music of the sea. Girls with sad eyes come to wait for us and the taste of the drinks seems always the same. Only here in your port the heart rejoices, Riachuelo where the voice of the bandoneon bleeds. Let's dance until the echo of the last bar, tomorrow a ship sails, maybe it will never come back. How well one dances on solid ground. Tomorrow at dawn we have to set sail. The night is long, I don't want you to be sad. Girl, come on... I don't know why you're crying. I'll call your name when I'm far away. I'll have a memory to tell the sea. The night is long, I don't want you to be sad. Girl, come on... I don't know why you're crying. Two months on a boat my heart traveled. Two months longing for the voice of the bandoneon. Tango is a friendly port where illusion anchors. To the rhythm of its dance the emotion is hammocked. At night, with the moon, dreaming on the sea, the rhythm of the waves lies its beat to me. Let's dance this tango, I don't want to remember. Tomorrow a ship sails, maybe it won't come back.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1942 to 2019.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Mañana zarpa un barco 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 · 5 more we know of

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

The leader is Lucio Demare, with 60% of the 53 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMañana zarpa un barcoCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
    21 dances · 40%
    1942
  2. Mario DemarcoMañana zarpa un barcoMario DemarcoJorge Sobraltango
    No match yet
    1952
  3. Orquesta Típica AndariegaMañana zarpa un barcoOrquesta Típica Andariegatango
    No match yet
    2019
  4. Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Mar 201959
  5. Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueJul 301968
  6. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá1980
  7. Floreal RuízNot in our catalogue
  8. Gustavo NocettiNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Mañana zarpa un barco

One recording

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

Lucio Demare

Mañana zarpa un barcoLucio DemareJuan Carlos MirandatangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 36 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1942–2019 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 2, 2011: 4, 2012: 1, 2013: 4, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 3, 2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 9, 2023: 2, 2024: 3, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Confitería IdealSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  2. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance
  3. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  4. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 6 complete sets on film

  1. Evgeniia Samoilova and Maximiliano Cristiani

    2025 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Mañana zarpa un barcoLucio Demare, 1942
    2. 2Ilusión azulAlfredo De Angelis, 1945
    3. 3Parque PatriciosFrancisco Canaro, 1940
    4. 4TrenzasAníbal Troilo, 1971
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Roxana Suárez and Sebastián Achaval

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Café DomínguezÁngel D'Agostino, 1955
    2. 2Indio mansoCarlos Di Sarli, 1958
    3. 3De antañoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    4. 4Mañana zarpa un barcoLucio Demare, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Alexander Moncada and Martina Waldman

    Baden-Baden Tango Festival, 2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1ChiquéTango Bardo, 2017
    2. 2Mañana zarpa un barcoLucio Demare, 1942
    3. 3AdoraciónRodolfo Biagi, 1951
    4. 4Con flauta y guitarraHéctor Varela, 1960
    Watch it on TangoTube

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