Cambalache (

Southern Cone The Southern Cone ( es, Cono Sur, pt, Cone Sul) is a geographical and cultural subregion composed of the southernmost areas of South America, mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Traditionally, it covers Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, bou ...

Spanish for bazaar or "junkshop") is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

slang-language tango song written in 1934 by Enrique Santos Discépolo for the movie ''

The Soul of the Accordion ''The Soul of the Accordion'' ( es, El alma de bandoneón) is a 1935 Argentine tango musical film directed by Mario Soffici and written by José A. Bugliot. It is considered one of the earliest classics of Argentine cinema. The film starred ...

'', released the following year.Pujol S
Enrique Santos Discépolo
at todotango.com It is explicitly critical of 20th-century corruption and, having been written during the Infamous Decade, was banned by a succession of dictatorial governments before censorship was relaxed under General

Juan Peron ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

.Cambalache
at planet-tango.com The first ten notes of the song are heard when Emperor Austin denies Tasha's tea set in ''High Tea'', the 20th episode of the Nick Jr. show '' The Backyardigans''.

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Lyrics in Todotango.
* Lubliner, J

Alternative translation * . {{authority control Tangos Spanish-language songs 1934 songs