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Singer: Armando PONTIERSinger 2: Julio SosaComposer: Ramón CollazoAuthor: Carlos Lenzi

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Lyrics
Pianté de Puente Alsina para Montmartre,
que todos me batían, pa m'engrupir:
'Tenés la pinta criolla p'acomodarte
con la franchuta vieja que va al dancing...
¿Qué hacés en Buenos Aires? ¡No seas otario!
Amurá esas milongas del Tabarís...
Con tres cortes de tango sos millonario...
¡Morocho y argentino! ¡Rey de París!'

¡Araca París!
¡Salute París!
Rajá de Montmartre,
piantate, infeliz.
Si vas a París
no vas a morfar:
no hay minas otarias
y hay que laburar.
Volvete p'al barrio
y tendrás milongas;
milongas diqueras
que saben amar.
¡Araca París!
¡Salute París!
Rajá de Montmartre;
piantate, infeliz.

Agarré tren de lujo, loco'e contento:
—bon soir, petite je t'aime, tu es mon cocó—
con una gorda tuerta con mucho vento
que no me dio ni medio y me amuró...
Tiré la bronca y, guapo, por darme corte,
un tortazo en la ñata se le incrustó:
comisaría, jueces y un pasaporte ...
y terminó mi historia de gigoló.
English translation
I left Puente Alsina for Montmartre,
everyone was beating me, to make me feel better:
'You've got the Creole look to get comfortable
with the old French girl who goes dancing...
What are you doing in Buenos Aires? Don't be a fool!
You'll love those milongas at the Tabarís...
With three tango cuts you're a millionaire...
Brunette and Argentinean! King of Paris!'...

Root Paris!
Salute Paris!
Rajah of Montmartre,
piantate, you wretch.
If you go to Paris
you're not going to die:
there's no gold mines
and you have to work.
Go back to the neighborhood
and you will have milongas;
milongas diqueras
that know how to love.
Root for Paris!
Salute Paris!
Rajah of Montmartre;
piantate, wretch.

I took the luxury train, mad and happy:
-bon soir, petite je t'aime, tu es mon cocó-
with a fat one-eyed woman with a lot of wind
who didn't even give me a half and I was sucked in...
I threw the scolding and, handsome, for giving me a slap in the guts,
a slap in the gullet was embedded:
police station, judges and a passport ...
and my gigolo story ended.

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