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Tres amigos

Music by Enrique Cadícamo, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1944.

Tres amigos was composed by Enrique Cadícamo.†† The lyrics of Tres amigos are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

Credit

Music
Enrique Cadícamo
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

1940

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Apr 11
    19 dances
    1944
  2. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán · Odeon · Jul 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1944
  3. Ricardo MalerbaOrlando Medina · Apr 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1944
  4. Gabriel ClausiNot in our catalogueCarmen Idal1944
  5. Emilio RamilNot in our catalogue
  6. Jorge ValdezNot in our catalogue
  7. Alfredo SáezNot in our catalogue
  8. Osvaldo ManziNot in our catalogueAlberto Marino

Lyrics

Español

De mis páginas vividas, siempre llevo un gran recuerdo mi emoción no las olvida, pasa el tiempo y más me acuerdo. Tres amigos siempre fuimos en aquella juventud... Era el trío más mentado que pudo haber caminado por esas calles del sur. ¿Dónde andarás, Pancho Alsina? ¿Dónde andarás, Balmaceda? Yo los espero en la esquina de Suárez y Necochea... Hoy... ninguno acude a mi cita. Ya... mi vida toma el desvío. Hoy... la guardia vieja me grita: "¿Quién... ha dispersado aquel trío?" Pero yo igual los recuerdo mis dos amigos de ayer... Una vez, allá en Portones, me salvaron de la muerte. Nunca faltan encontrones cuando un pobre se divierte. Y otra vez, allá en Barracas, esa deuda les pagué... Siempre juntos nos veían... Esa amistad nos tenía atados siempre a los tres.

English · machine translation

Of my lived pages, I always carry a great memory of them. my emotion does not forget them, time goes by and I remember more. We were always three friends in that youth... It was the most talked-about trio that could have walked through those southern streets. Where will you be, Pancho Alsina? Where will you be, Balmaceda? I'll be waiting for you at the corner of Suarez and Necochea... Today... no one comes to my appointment. Already... my life takes a detour. Today... the old guard shouts at me: "Who... has dispersed that trio?" But I still remember them my two friends of yesterday... Once, back in Portones, they saved me from death. There is never a lack of encounters when a poor man is having fun. And another time, back in Barracas.., I paid them that debt... They always saw us together... That friendship kept the three of us always tied the three of us together.

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · danced on film 2011–2025

20112025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2013: 3, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2018: 3, 2023: 1, 2025: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance
  2. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Enrique Cadícamo

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370210186

Single source

TodoTango · tema/513

Single source

MusicBrainz · 19b58f7f-8d27-440a-964b-65f72d3195a4source

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Listen

  1. Tres amigosAníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino1944
  2. Tres amigosRicardo Malerba · Orlando Medina1944
  3. Tres amigosFrancisco Canaro · Carlos Roldán1944

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