Manuel Sandoval, Thomas Jesson, recorders, 1971
Item — Box: 1, CD: 61
Scope and Contents
Sandoval: Anonymous. Los Penitentes (Part II).
Jesson: Benito Vazquez, b. 1946, Las Cruces, NM. 1. El coyote y el conejo (animal fable, coyote pretending to be dead, rabbit tricks him into replying); 2. Los astronautas mexicanos (anecdote, humor, astronauts from Mexico go to moon, on return miss landing on earth, send a note down to explain it); 3. Los politicos y el brindis (four politicians, men from Japan, Germany, the United States and Mexico offer a toast, the Mexican toasts the Mexican eagle which can fly over the seas of Japan, the gardens of Germany and the sits on the flagpole of the American flag, politics, international); 4. Los politicos y el avion (when a airplane loses altitute, some political passengers jump out to save the others, as they jump they make a toast, long live Japan, China, etc. As the Mexican offers a toast, instead of jumping out he grabs an American and throws him out, Mexico); 5. Rima infanti, (nursery rime, variation of Sana, Sana, mejor manana); 6. Refranes (twenty five proverbs); 7. El borracho y el cura (anecdote, the priest, the drunkard and women, church, drinking, religion); 8. El viento, el agua y la verguenza (folk wisdom, shame, wind and water can be found if you lose them, but honor can never be regained once lost); 9. El fantasma (ghost story, while living with his aunt, one afternoon, during a rain storm, Benito goes out for wood, went by an elegantly dressed charro sitting under a tree holding his horse, when he looks back, both disappear); 10. La Llorona (ghost story, Benito's uncle is drunk, hears the wailing woman near the ditch while he urninates, sobers up and faints, drinking, women); 11. Tesoro enterrado (treasure story, while crossing a bridge to gather pitahayas, two of his relatives hear sounds of chains and horses, think it is bandits hiding treasure under the bridge); 12. El nino que se oia llorar (ghost story, in abandoned house man hears cries of child but finds nothing, later told parents there had not baptised their child before he died, child hear crying in the silence of the night, children, baptism, religion, church); 13. El pastor Corringo (anecdote, the devil appears to a cussing goat herder and he becomes possessed, his father shoots at a tree and a piece of bark hits the herdrt in the face, thinking he has been shot he prays to God for forgiveness).
Jesson: Daniel Lopez, b. 1947, Puerto de Luna, NM. 1. Bertoldo y el rey (folk tale, Bertoldo is to be hanged but is given the choice of chosing which tree to hang from, goes to the woods, does not find a tree to his liking); 2. Bertoldo, el rey y las mujeres (folk tale, Bertoldo tells the king not to trust women, example of his queen and a Box of doves); 3. Juan Charales (anecdote, taming and dismounting from a horse); 4. Don Cacahuate (anecdote, he and wife and free passes for the railroad, really meant free to walk the rails); 5. Las misas, (folk tale, priest is asking son for more money to say masses for his deceased father, that he is half way out purgatory but needs more masses to get to heaven, boy catches on and believes the father can make it out without them, church, religion); 6. Don Martin (anecdote, neighbor tells Martin, a known thief, if ever he goes in neighbor's garden he will shoot him); 7. Ud., mi senora, es coja (anecdote, a bet between two friends at a dance to tell a lame woman she is lame without hurting her feeling, some flowers for her and a play on words escoja and es coja, language, women).
Jesson: Benito Vazquez, b. 1946, Las Cruces, NM. 1. El coyote y el conejo (animal fable, coyote pretending to be dead, rabbit tricks him into replying); 2. Los astronautas mexicanos (anecdote, humor, astronauts from Mexico go to moon, on return miss landing on earth, send a note down to explain it); 3. Los politicos y el brindis (four politicians, men from Japan, Germany, the United States and Mexico offer a toast, the Mexican toasts the Mexican eagle which can fly over the seas of Japan, the gardens of Germany and the sits on the flagpole of the American flag, politics, international); 4. Los politicos y el avion (when a airplane loses altitute, some political passengers jump out to save the others, as they jump they make a toast, long live Japan, China, etc. As the Mexican offers a toast, instead of jumping out he grabs an American and throws him out, Mexico); 5. Rima infanti, (nursery rime, variation of Sana, Sana, mejor manana); 6. Refranes (twenty five proverbs); 7. El borracho y el cura (anecdote, the priest, the drunkard and women, church, drinking, religion); 8. El viento, el agua y la verguenza (folk wisdom, shame, wind and water can be found if you lose them, but honor can never be regained once lost); 9. El fantasma (ghost story, while living with his aunt, one afternoon, during a rain storm, Benito goes out for wood, went by an elegantly dressed charro sitting under a tree holding his horse, when he looks back, both disappear); 10. La Llorona (ghost story, Benito's uncle is drunk, hears the wailing woman near the ditch while he urninates, sobers up and faints, drinking, women); 11. Tesoro enterrado (treasure story, while crossing a bridge to gather pitahayas, two of his relatives hear sounds of chains and horses, think it is bandits hiding treasure under the bridge); 12. El nino que se oia llorar (ghost story, in abandoned house man hears cries of child but finds nothing, later told parents there had not baptised their child before he died, child hear crying in the silence of the night, children, baptism, religion, church); 13. El pastor Corringo (anecdote, the devil appears to a cussing goat herder and he becomes possessed, his father shoots at a tree and a piece of bark hits the herdrt in the face, thinking he has been shot he prays to God for forgiveness).
Jesson: Daniel Lopez, b. 1947, Puerto de Luna, NM. 1. Bertoldo y el rey (folk tale, Bertoldo is to be hanged but is given the choice of chosing which tree to hang from, goes to the woods, does not find a tree to his liking); 2. Bertoldo, el rey y las mujeres (folk tale, Bertoldo tells the king not to trust women, example of his queen and a Box of doves); 3. Juan Charales (anecdote, taming and dismounting from a horse); 4. Don Cacahuate (anecdote, he and wife and free passes for the railroad, really meant free to walk the rails); 5. Las misas, (folk tale, priest is asking son for more money to say masses for his deceased father, that he is half way out purgatory but needs more masses to get to heaven, boy catches on and believes the father can make it out without them, church, religion); 6. Don Martin (anecdote, neighbor tells Martin, a known thief, if ever he goes in neighbor's garden he will shoot him); 7. Ud., mi senora, es coja (anecdote, a bet between two friends at a dance to tell a lame woman she is lame without hurting her feeling, some flowers for her and a play on words escoja and es coja, language, women).
Dates
- 1971
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English, Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 boxes (12.25 cu. ft.)
Creator
- From the Collection: Cobos, Rubén (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu