Song
Mentira
Mentira is a tango.
Mentira was published in 1932.
Mentira was composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO.
The lyrics of Mentira are by Celedonio Flores.
every sentence cites a published fact
Credit
- Music
- Francisco Pracánico
- Lyrics
- Celedonio Flores
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAlberto Vila · tango.info1930
- Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCharlo · Odeon · Jul 152 dances1931
- Adolfo CarabelliCarlos Lafuente · Oct 21 dance1931
- Carlos Di SarliNot in our catalogueMercedes Carné · tango.info1931
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Jul 7 · tango.info1931
- Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueAgustín Irusta · tango.info1932
- Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueLuis Díaz · Jun 8 · tango.info1932
- Carlos GardelNot in our catalogueJul 22 · tango.info1932
- Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Apr 5Not danced on film yet1945
- Enrique AlessioAlberto Castillo · Jul 6Not danced on film yet1945
- Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedAlberto Morán · Odeon · Sep 2420 dances1945
- Alfredo De AngelisOscar Larroca · Odeon · Sep 71 dance1954
- Raúl AldaoNot in our cataloguetango.info1954
- Alfredo De AngelisNot in our catalogueCarlos Aguirre · Aug 21 · tango.info1969
- Sexteto TangoJorge Maciel · Jun 110 dances1972
- Osvaldo PuglieseNelly Vázquez · Odeon · Oct 20Not danced on film yet1977
- Orquesta Típica CorrientesNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info1978
Lyrics
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Vos ,sabés que fuiste para mí la luz de mi cabeza alocada, el porqué de mi pobre vivir que vos alimentaste de amor... Muñequita de trapo que yo adoré santamente y fingías quererme... ¡Mentira, mentira! ¡No tiene perdón! Me pregunto cuáles son las causas por que vos quebraste mi felicidad, por qué razón fatal vos me causaste tanto mal... No te vengo a mendigar cariños que tal vez a otros le entregaste como a mí, ni me arrepiento de haberte querido así. Y pensar que yo te vi llorar de amor entre mis brazos de hombre, que escuché jurarme tu querer por todo lo más grande que hay, por tu santa viejita, que Dios la tenga en la gloria... ¡Y eran todas mentiras, mentiras, mentiras de mala mujer!
English · machine translation
You know that you were for me the light of my crazy head, the reason for my poor life that you fed with love... Little rag doll that I adored saintly and pretended to love me... Lies, lies! You are unforgivable! I wonder what are the reasons why you broke my happiness, for what fatal reason you caused me so much harm... I don't come to beg you affection that perhaps you gave to others as you did to me, nor do I regret of having loved you so. And to think that I saw you cry of love in my man's arms, that I heard you swear to love me for all the greatest things there are, for your holy old lady, God rest her soul... And they were all lies, lies, bad woman's lies!
Danced to it
Music from 1931–1977 · danced on film 2010–2026
2010: 1, 2014: 4, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 2, 2019: 5, 2021: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 2
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings by year
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
1931: 2, 1945: 3, 1954: 1, 1972: 1, 1977: 1
In other catalogues3
TodoTango · tema/103
Single sourcetango.info · T0370043052
Single sourceMusicBrainz · 4f50c1c9-79a4-45d4-9fa6-87c7b464e0fcsource
Single sourceIs a1
Is a Tango
Single sourcePublished1
Published 1932
Single sourceComposer1
Composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO
Single sourceLyricist1
Lyrics by Celedonio Flores
Single sourceListen
- MentiraFrancisco Canaro · Charlo · no clip yet1931
- MentiraAdolfo Carabelli · Carlos Lafuente1931
- MentiraÁngel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas · no clip yet1945
- MentiraEnrique Alessio · Alberto Castillo · no clip yet1945
- MentiraOsvaldo Pugliese · Alberto Morán1945
- MentiraAlfredo De Angelis · Oscar Larroca1954
- MentiraSexteto Tango · Jorge Maciel1972
- MentiraOsvaldo Pugliese · Nelly Vázquez1977
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