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Te llaman Malevo

Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1957–2001.

Versions of Te llaman Malevo recorded 1957–2001

Te llaman Malevo was composed by Aníbal Troilo.†† The lyrics of Te llaman Malevo are by Homero Expósito.†

The work

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Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1957 to 2001.

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1950’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Te llaman Malevo by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdTe llaman MalevoAníbal TroiloÁngel CardenastangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1957
  2. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedTe llaman MalevoAníbal TroiloTito ReyestangoRCA Victor
    16 dances
    1965
  3. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroTe llaman MalevoOrquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Labordetango
    Not danced on film yet
    2001
  4. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1983
  5. Jorge SobralNot in our catalogue
  6. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogue

Lyrics

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Nació en un barrio con malvón y luna por donde el hambre suele hacer gambetas y desde fue poniendo el hombro y anchó a trabajo su sonrisa buena. La sal del tiempo le oxidó la cara cuando una mina lo dejó en chancleta y entonces solo, para siempre solo, largó el y se metió en la huella. Malevo, te olvidaste en los boliches los anhelos de tu vieja. Malevo, se agrandaron tus hazañas con las copas de ginebra. Por ella, tan sólo por ella, dejaste una huella de amargo rencor. Malevo, ¡qué triste! jugaste y perdiste tan sólo por ella que nunca volvió. Tambor de tacos redoblando calles para que se entren las muchachas buenas y allí el silencio que mastica el pucho dejando siempre la mirada a cuenta. Dicen que dicen que una noche zurda con el cuchillo deshojó la espera y entonces solo, como flor de orilla, largó el cansancio y se mató por ella.

English · machine translation

He was born in a neighborhood with mallow and moon where hunger usually wanders and since he was a child he put his shoulder to work and widened his good smile to work. The salt of time oxidized his face when a girl left him in his flip-flops and then alone, forever alone, he left his job and got into the track. Malevo, you forgot in the nightclubs the yearnings of your old lady. Malevo, your exploits were enlarged with the glasses of gin. For her, just for her, you left a trace of bitter resentment. Malevo, how sad! you played and lost just for her who never came back. Drum of tacos redoubling the streets for the good girls to enter and there the silence that chews on the cigarette always leaving the look on account. They say that they say that one night left-handed with the knife he stripped the wait and then alone, like a flower on the shore, he released his tiredness and killed himself for her.

The versions dancers use

Music from 1957–2001 · danced on film 2011–2018

20112018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 1

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