[Tango-L] any happy tango songs (or at least not sad ones..)

[John Ward]

Even the humorous tangos don't seem to be exactly happy, dealing as they do
with painful sexual practices (Masochism Tango), unsuitable partners (Never
do a Tango with an Eskimo), or public embarrassment or humiliation (I Can't
Tell a Waltz from a Tango, Egg Marketing Board Tango). O'Malley's Tango
describes a boy who introduces the tango to 1950's rural Ireland, but it
isn't romantic and Marquerito specifically asks for happy *romantic* tango
songs.

They call him Pancho Rodriguez O'Malley
Ever since he spent a holiday in Spain.
He's not Patrick any more:
Now he calls himself Senor
And he's got the tango in his veins.

A possible Finnish example is Erottamattomat by Unto Mononen:

Meitä ei kukaan saa koskaan erottaa;
ikuinen tämä liittomme on.
Vaikka taivas ja maa kerran katoaa,
silti rakkaus on ajaton.

Inseparable

Nobody will ever part us;
this relationship of ours is eternal.
Though heaven and earth will one day disappear
nevertheless love is timeless.

I have seen Risto Nevala and Arja Koriseva singing this as a duet. On second
thoughts, perhaps this is the saddest tango of all. After all that build-up,
how could it all end otherwise than in tears?

John Ward
Bristol, UK