Keith writes:
>Remember: there are no singers/lyrics until 40 or 50 years
>later (from the beginnings).
The earliest known tango is "Dame la lata" by Juan Perez.
It was written around 1880 or in the 1880's. It had
lyrics. According to your assertion, tango music existed
in 1840 and nobody ever sang to tango music until 1880. Do
you really think that is the case?