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Negrito

Music by Alberto Soifer, lyrics by José Roberto de Prisco. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–1934.

Negrito was composed by Alberto Soifer.†† The lyrics of Negrito are by José Roberto de Prisco.†

Credit

Music
Alberto Soifer
Lyrics
José Roberto de Prisco

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedCarlos Galan · Odeon · Nov 16
    23 dances
    1934
  2. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueMercedes Simone · Oct 231934

Lyrics

Español

Suenan los negros candombes, la fiesta está en lo mejor, la negra que fue alegría en todo baile anterior, está sola y está triste no la anima ni el bailar, todos le piden que cante y su canto es un llorar. ¡Negrito, todos me piden que cante y yo tengo una pena muy honda clavada en el corazón! ¡Negrito, sólo a ti puedo cantarte! Los tambores te llaman, te llama mi llanto ¿porqué no vendrás? La negrada se alborota pues muy triste es la canción y quieren con el candombe alegrar esa reunión. Mas la negra con su pena repite cual oración: ¡Negrito, quieren que cante y sangra mi corazón!

English · machine translation

The black candombes are playing, the party is at its best, the black woman who was joy in every dance before is alone and sad she's alone and sad, she can't even dance, everyone asks her to sing and her song is a cry. Negrito, everyone asks me to sing and I have a sorrow deep in my heart in my heart! Negrito, I can only sing to you! The drums call you, my cry calls you why won't you come? The negrada is in an uproar for the song is very sad and they want with candombe to brighten up the gathering. But the black woman with her sorrow repeats like a prayer: Negrito, they want me to sing and my heart bleeds!

Danced to it

Music from 1934 · danced on film 2008–2025

20082025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2018: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 1, 2025: 1

German Landeira3:15

Where it is danced

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

  1. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  3. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Alberto Soifer

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370020657

Single source

MusicBrainz · 20828a25-3b0e-4ad7-8978-ebce2992fb7csource

Single source

TodoTango · tema/3373

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by José Roberto de Prisco

Single source

Listen

  1. NegritoFrancisco Canaro · Carlos Galan1934

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