Por una Cabeza is a tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and the Brazilian Alfredo Le Pera respectively. The name is a Spanish horse-racing phrase meaning by a head, which refers to a horse winning a race by the length of one head. The lyrics speak of a compulsive horse-track gambler who compares his addiction for horses with his attraction to women. Alfredo Le Pera was a Brazilian from São Paulo, a much Italian-influenced area in Brazil. Le Pera and Gardel died in an airplane crash in Medellín, (Colombia), on June 24, 1935. youtu.be/GrWv500P2hg
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