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Song

Yo soy de San Telmo

Music by Arturo Gallucci. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1943

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1943
  2. Pedro LaurenzAlberto Podestá1943

Versions of Yo soy de San Telmo recorded 1943

Yo soy de San Telmo was composed by Arturo Gallucci.

Yo soy de San Telmo is a milonga.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

41 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Arturo Gallucci
Words
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Written
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First played
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Its words name
San Telmo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Yo soy de San Telmo y vengo Por estos barrios para dejar, Un verso para las madres Y mozas de mi ciudad. Yo soy un cantor sincero Sencillo y sentimental, Trabajo como el hornero Y canto como el zorzal. Siempre supe respetar Al que habló y trató conmigo, En San Telmo me conocen Por cantor y buen amigo. Si hay que calmar el dolor Del que vive padeciendo, Soy primero en la ocasión Para aliviar su corazón.

English · machine translation

I am from San Telmo and I come Through these neighborhoods to leave, A verse for the mothers And wenches of my city. I am a sincere singer Simple and sentimental, I work like the baker And I sing like the thrush. I always knew how to respect To the one who talked and dealt with me, In San Telmo they know me As a singer and a good friend. If it is necessary to soothe the pain Of those who live in pain, I am first in the occasion To soothe his heart.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1943 to 1943.
1940
Recordings of Yo soy de San Telmo by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Pedro Laurenz, 1943, with 56% of the 41 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

6 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Pedro LaurenzMost dancedYo soy de San TelmoPedro LaurenzAlberto PodestámilongaOdeon
    23 dances · 56%
    1943
  2. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdYo soy de San TelmoCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
    18 dances · 44%
    1943
All recordings of Yo soy de San Telmo

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Pedro Laurenz

Yo soy de San TelmoPedro LaurenzAlberto PodestámilongaOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 24 Performances

Ines Muzzopappa & Corina HerreraWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20073:11

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 3, 2013: 5, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2019: 3, 2022: 5, 2023: 5, 2025: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sDaniel Nacucchio & Cristina Sosa2011
  2. The 2020sSebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 3 complete sets on film

  1. Erdi Arslan and GüLay Arslan

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Todo es amorRodolfo Biagi, 1958
    2. 2Nochero soyOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956
    3. 3Yo soy de San TelmoPedro Laurenz, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Leandro Capparelli and Sol Alzamora

    2013 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Sin saborEdgardo Donato, 1939
    2. 2Yo soy de San TelmoPedro Laurenz, 1943
    3. 3Bailongo de los domingosLucio Demare, 1951
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Angelina Zubko and Taras Popovich

    2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Yo soy de San TelmoPedro Laurenz, 1943
    2. 2Cuando estaba enamoradoFrancisco Canaro, 1940
    3. 3NaveganteCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

every sentence cites a published fact

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Arturo Gallucci

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/4232

tango.info · T0370203603

MusicBrainz · 79288bf5-2521-45b8-8821-07995421ab1esource

Is a1

Is a Milonga

Listen

  1. Yo soy de San TelmoCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
  2. Yo soy de San TelmoPedro LaurenzAlberto PodestámilongaOdeon

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