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Singer: Francisco CANAROSinger 2: Roberto MaidaComposer: Francisco CanaroAuthor: Ivo Pelay

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Me pidieron los muchachos una danza original,
me pidieron los muchachos una danza novedosa,
Se han cansado, con el mundo, de los bailes siempre iguales.
Nuevos tiempos, nuevos ritmos; gente nueva, nuevas cosas.

Me pidieron los muchachos una danza original,
de figuras caprichosas y cadencia nacional.
Y un danzón amilongado con un tango fue anudado,
para dar a los muchachos una danza original.

Así nació el tangón.
Tangón porteño,
con pretensiones
de ser señor y dueño.
Es roncador, cimbreador,
rezongón y en su cadencia
hay un aliento de
sensualidad.
De festín, de dolor.
De placer y de amor.

Con figuras caprichosas he buscado componer
un bailable que llegara a imponerse en los salones
Y el tangón nació a la vida como nacen las personas
sobre todo en este siglo de locuras y ambiciones.

Con figuras caprichosas he buscado componer
un bailable que pudieran los muchachos aprender.
Y enlazando melodías con cadencias y armonías,
un bailable caprichoso he buscado componer.
English translation
The boys asked me for an original dance,
the boys asked me for a new dance,
They've grown tired, with the world, of dances that are always the same.
New times, new rhythms; new people, new things.

The boys asked me for an original dance,
of whimsical figures and national cadence.
And a danzón amilongado with a tango was knotted,
to give the boys an original dance.

Thus was born the tangón.
Tangón porteño,
with pretensions
of being lord and master.
It is a snorer, a cimbreador,
and in its cadence
there is a breath of sensuality
sensuality.
Of feast, of pain.
Of pleasure and love.

With whimsical figures, I have tried to compose
a danceable that would impose itself in the salons.
And the tangón was born to life like people are born
especially in this century of follies and ambitions.

With whimsical figures I have tried to compose
a danceable that the boys could learn.
And linking melodies with cadences and harmonies,
I have tried to compose a whimsical danceable.

The Cabeceo