Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Carlos Gardel
Canonical path: /carlos-gardel/tango-argentino
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Tango Argentino
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Tango Argentino
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Es hijo malevo, triston y canyengue
Nació en la miseria del viejo arrabal
Su primer amigo fue un taita de lengue
Su mina primera vestia' percal
Recibio el bautismo en una cortada
Y fue su padrino un taita ladrón
Se gano el lao flaco de la muchachada
Que en una quebrada le dio el corazón
¡Tango Argentino!
Sos el himno del suburbio
Y en jaranas o disturbios
Siempre supiste tallar
Y que en los patios
A querosen alumbrados
Los taitas te han proclamado
El alma del arrabal
De tus buenos tiempos aún hay palpitan
El choclo, Pelele', El taita, El cabure
La morocha, El catre y La cumparsita'
Aquel Entrerriano y el Sabado ingles
Que quieren aquellos jaileifes del Centro
Que te han disfrazao' y te han hecho un bacán
Serás siempre extraño en la aristocracia
En cambio, sos hijo acá en tu arrabal
¡Tango Argentino!
El de cortes compadrones
Rezongos de bandoneones
Y sollozos de violin
Tango Argentino!
Admirado en todas partes
Que como bueno triunfaste
En Europa como aquí
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Carlos Gardel performs "Tango Argentino", and this lyric page sits inside the Carlos Gardel catalog on LyroVerse.
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