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Singer: Alfredo DE ANGELISSinger 2: Lalo MartelComposer: Luis StazoAuthor: Enrique Cadícamo

More by Alfredo DE ANGELIS

Lyrics
Con este tango no se pierde el compás
porque es porteño, milonguero y varón.
Mi tango es éste que se llama arrabal
y lo demás es puro cuento...
Desde pebete lo escuchamos roncar
por los deslindes de Barracas al Sur
y en los bailongos lo hemos visto bailar
al Cachafaz, que era una luz...

Tango mío... Tango reo...
del T.V.O., del Palais y Armenoville.
Tu perfume tan lejano de recuerdos
se hace llanto en la armonía del violín.
Tango mío... Tango reo...
¡Qué será de aquel amor que ya perdí!...

Con este tango retobado y pintón
de gran canyengue y malevo compás,
está latiendo con porteña emoción
el corazón de Buenos Aires.
Por más que venga otro estilo a tallar,
por más que quieran disfrazarlo, yo sé
que el tango nuestro nunca debe cambiar,
así nació y así ha de ser.
English translation
With this tango you do not lose the compass
because it is porteño, milonguero and male.
My tango is this one that is called arrabal
and the rest is just a story...
Since we were little we heard it snoring
along the borders of Barracas al Sur
and in the bailongos we have seen it dance
the Cachafaz, who was a light...

My tango... Tango reo...
of the T.V.O., of the Palais and Armenoville.
Your perfume so distant of memories
becomes a cry in the harmony of the violin.
My tango... Tango reo...
What will become of that love I have already lost!...

With this tango, sketchy and colorful
of great canyengue and malevo compás,
is beating with porteño emotion
the heart of Buenos Aires.
No matter how much another style comes to carve,
no matter how much they may want to disguise it, I know
that our tango must never change,
that's how it was born and that's how it has to be.

The Cabeceo