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Singer: Carlos DI SARLISinger 2: Mario PomarComposer: Arturo Gallucci y Alberto CastilloAuthor: Raúl Hormaza

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Estoy que exploto de bronca
No hay derecho, mis amigos,
Que a nuestro tango querido
Lo quieran desfigurar.
Está bien que vengan booggies
Dixiland, foxtrots y mambos,
Pero que nos manden tangos
Ya no se puede aguantar.

¿Dónde vieron castañuelas
marcando ritmo en el tango?
Como el coso este de Hernando
Que lo acaban de importar.
Que se esconde en su cuartito
Justo el día del casorio,
Porque quiere dormir solo
De vergüenza que le da.

¡Castañuelas...!
Dejalo tranquilo al tango.
Qué te hicimos a vos, Hernando
Pa´ quererlo disfrazar.
¡Oiga, Hernando...!
Ahí le mando una victrola
Con selecciones de Arolas,
Y salute, che, ¡Good bye!

Nuestro tango es otra cosa
Es ternura, madre, ruego,
Alegría de mi pueblo
Sentimiento y emoción.
Es un cacho de San Telmo
De Pompeya y Puente Alsina,
El alma de mi argentina
Metida en un bandoneón.


En qué corso te premiaron
Explicámelo, che Hernando,
¡Castañuelas en el tango
para marcar el compás!
Tomá pronto la “Panagra”
Aterrizá por Corrientes,
Hacete un poco de ambiente
Y después me la contás...
English translation
I'm bursting with anger
There is no right, my friends,
That our beloved tango
They want to disfigure it.
It's all right for booggies to come
Dixiland, foxtrots and mambos,
But that they send us tangos
We can't stand it anymore.

Where did you see castanets
marking rhythm in the tango?
Like this Hernando's coso
Who has just been imported.
Who hides in his little room
Just on the day of the wedding,
Because he wants to sleep alone
Because he's so ashamed.

Castanets...!
Leave the tango alone.
What did we do to you, Hernando
To want to disguise it.
Hey, Hernando...!
I'm sending you a Victrola
With selections from Arolas,
And salute, che, Good bye!

Our tango is something else
It's tenderness, mother, I pray,
Joy of my people
Feeling and emotion.
It is a piece of San Telmo
From Pompeya and Puente Alsina,
The soul of my Argentina
Tucked in a bandoneon.


In which corso you were awarded
Explain it to me, che Hernando,
castanets in the tango
to mark the beat!
Take the "Panagra" soon
Land in Corrientes,
Get yourself a little bit of atmosphere
And then tell me about it...

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