Astor Piazzolla's "Chiquilín de Bachín" for Organ
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Channel: Harry Garland · 2010 · Music
Chiquilín de Bachín (1968) by Astor Piazzolla performed on the theatre organ by Harry Garland. The lyrics of this tango-waltz, written by Horacio Ferrer, tell the story of a little homeless boy selling roses in a bar in Bachín, while dreaming about escaping his poverty: Por las noches, cara sucia de angelito con bluyín, vende rosas en las mesas del boliche de Bachín; si la luna brilla sobre la parrilla, come luna y pan de hollín.
