Bailarín Compadrito

Francisco Canaro (November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964) was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader. Canaro was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay, in 1888. His parents were Italian immigrants, and later, when he was less than 10 years old, they emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late nineteenth century. As a young man he found work in a factory, where an empty oil can, in his skilled hands, became his first violin. Performing in seedy bars initially, he ultimately forged a career that spanned many decades, and his orchestra was one of the most recorded. His introduction to the tango came by orquesta típica leader Vicente Greco in 1908, and in 1912 he composed "Pinta brava" ("Fierce Look"). Canaro composed the music for the 1915 Argentine cl… more »

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Vestido como dandy, peinao a la gomina
y dueño de una mina más linda que una flor,
bailás en la milonga con aire de importancia,
luciendo la elegancia y haciendo exhibición.

Cualquiera iba a decirte, che, reo de otros tiempos,
que un día llegarías a rey de cabaret,
que pa' enseñar tu corte pondrías academia...
Al taura siempre premia la suerte que es mujer.

Bailarín compadrito,
que floriaste tu corte primero,
en el viejo bailongo orillero
de Barracas al sur.

Bailarín compadrito,
que quisiste probar otra vida,
y al lucir tu famosa corrida
te viniste al Maipú.

Araca, cuando a veces oís La Cumparsita
yo sé cómo palpita tu cuore al recordar
que un día lo bailaste de lengue y sin un mango
y ahora el mismo tango bailás hecho un bacán.

Pero algo vos darías por ser sólo un ratito
el mismo compadrito del tiempo que se fue,
pues cansa tanta gloria y un poco triste y viejo
te ves en el espejo del viejo cabaret.

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Written by: MIGUEL E. BUCINO

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