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Soy un porteño

Music by José Razzano, lyrics by Celedonio Flores. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1943.

Versions of Soy un porteño recorded 1942–1943

Soy un porteño was composed by José Razzano.

Soy un porteño is a milonga.

The lyrics of Soy un porteño are by Celedonio Flores.

The work

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Music
José Razzano
Lyrics
Celedonio Flores

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1942 to 1943.

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1940
Recordings of Soy un porteño by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

2 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. Aníbal TroiloSoy un porteñoAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinomilongaRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1943
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedSoy un porteñoFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldánmilongaOdeon
    25 dances
    1942
  3. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueÁngel Cárdenas · Sep 71956

Lyrics

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Soy un porteño nacido en el barrio que se cuadre, niño bien, medio compadre, sobrador y consentido. Tengo fama de aburrido y ando galgueando la , pero guardo la infinita nobleza del ser humano, si canto con “Mano a Mano”, lloro con “La cumparsita'. Me hice una ley: ser derecho en la mala y en la buena, silbo y desato una pena que se hizo nudo en mi pecho. Guardo en el alma el acecho, una pasión sin medida, y sé jugarme la vida por un naipe y una dama, si me habrán dejao de cama naipes, paicas y bebidas. Me templé en los bodegones sacando lustre al estaño, vi hacer callo al desengaño en corazón de varones. Pianto de los metejones que traen al amor fulero, pero soy bueno y sincero cuando el amor me echa garra. ¡Yo soy como la guitarra, canto y lloro cuando quiero!

English · machine translation

I am a porteño born in the neighborhood that fits, good boy, half compadre, spoiled and spoiled. I have a reputation for being boring and I go around scrounging for money, but I keep the infinite nobility of the human being, if I sing with "Mano a Mano", I cry with "La cumparsita". I made myself a law: to be straight in bad times and in good, I whistle and untie a sorrow that became a knot in my chest. I keep in my soul the stalking, a passion without measure, and I know how to stake my life for a card and a lady, if they will have left me in bed cards, paicas and drinks. I was tempered in the still lifes taking luster from pewter, I saw the disillusionment in the hearts of men. I stanch of the metejones that bring to love fulero, but I am good and sincere when love gives me a grip. I am like the guitar, I sing and cry when I want to!

The versions dancers use

Music from 1942–1943 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 3, 2014: 1, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2024: 1

In their words

  • Y sí, bueno, yo soy hijo de una porteña, de un tío porteño, y mis ídolos fueron porteños: Pichuco, Piazzolla, De Caro y otros.

    Horacio Ferrer · HORACIO FERRER Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 36:06

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The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by José Razzano

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/4159

tango.info · T0370084722

MusicBrainz · 271e9ae0-f9a0-4871-a118-d326596b30f9source

Is a1

Is a Milonga

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Celedonio Flores

Used in lyric1

guita — used in lyric Soy un porteño

Listen

  1. Soy un porteñoFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldánmilongaOdeon
  2. Soy un porteñoAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinomilongaRCA Victor

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