Sister Renee Marie, recorder, 1971
Item — Box: 2, CD: 123
Scope and Contents
Edwin Berry, b. 1915, Tome, NM. 1. Indita del Rio Grande (poor recording, the 1884 flood in Tome and other villages on the Rio Grande, ballad); 2. Indita de Jose Luis (good to fair recording, Berry sings a fragment of the ballad of Jose Luis Lovato a famous musician in late nineteenth century, Valencia, County, NM, the sung part has to do with the death and burial of the famous musician, ballad); Good recording here after. 3. En una arenosa playa (Berry sings a few strophes of this old seventeenth century ballad, romance, which was collected in Spain by Ramon Menendez Pidal; Ruben Cobos, Arthur Campa, Manuel Espinosa and John Donald Robb have collected Southwest versions of the song); 4. Los zorrillos y su cola (song that satirizes the long tails worn my certain high toned ladies, compared the dragging tail of these dresses with a skunk's tail, folk song); 5. Mi negrita consentida (love song to man's little dark woman, is she sick, from love, folk song, muerte); 6. La chichigua (While strolling through a Garden of Eden I got into an ice Box and got a death of a cold, bitten by an ant and a mouse, asked for his confession, folk song, see CD 112); 7. El burrito pardo (the little gray donkey is loved by all the pretty girls, takes away all those named Petrita and Juanita, imitates donkey's braying, folk song); 8. Mambru (the New Mexican version of Marlborough, man who went off to war, expected to return by Christmas, page boy is coming with the latest news, man has died, is to be buried, muerte, death, ballad, probably World War I); 9. El tren pasajero (children song about the little passenger train, imitates train's whistle as it gets to Alamillo, train has good beds, an American is selling bananas, pour on the coal, hurry up, my love is exhausted, folk song); 10. Nadie me quiere (Nobody loves me, might remain a bachelor, if you love me, will never forget you, love song); 11. My Country, 'Tis of Thee (sings a Spanish version of the well known American patriotic hymn); 12. El Padre Ralliere, Tome (Father Jean Baptiste Ralliere translated the patriotic hymn My Country, 'Tis Of Thee, Anglo Aamerican song, into Spanish, Father Ralliere was Valencia County's first school superintendent, local history); 13. Versos (sings several New Mexican popular quatrains, one is, Por la luna doy un peso, love song, folk poetry); 14. El terengue, lullaby, good to fair recording, La pulga (fair recording, the Flea, children, rhyme); 15. Don Gato (fair to poor recording, children, ballad, cat is comfortable until hears there is a lady cat on the roof, goes up, falls off, dies, muerte, children); 16. El tecolote (good to fair recording, the little owl wants to go to the dance but he has no makeup, albayalde, however, they are bringing him some from the town of Uvalde, he has no shirt, will make him one from Luisa's skirt, etc., folk song, children); 17. Naranja dulce (good recording, sweet orange, singer identifies herself as a little Mexican girl selling her flowers and little mills, molinitos, children, game song); 18. Oracion (prayer, Christ, Holy Cross, discussion, good to fair recording); 19. Drama (recites Pontius Pilate's sentence just before Jesus was to be put on the cross, part of the Tome, New Mexicp Passion Play, Semana Santa, Holy Week); 20. Las procesiones (the religious processions at Tome during Easter, men carry images of saints, he sings two alabados); 21. Sentencia de Pilato (recites an alabado, Por tu pasion, and reads Pontius Pilate's sentence on Christ, dramatic reading); 22. El sirineo (reads the portion of the former Tome Passion Play, Semana Santa, in which Simon the Cyrenian helps Christ with the cross, done at the insistence of the Roman soldiers, not Simon on his own, dramatic reading); 23. Tiembla el Creador (reads part of the Passion Play in which Christ suffers the crucifixion, dramatic reading); 24. La Veronica (part of the Passion Play describing Veronica going to Christ and wiping off his face, with Christ's image stamping itself on the cloth, dramatic reading); 25. El soldado romano (a Roman soldier pierces Christ's side and subsequently becomes a believer in Christ and his teachings, dramatic reading); 26. No me mueve, mi Dios..., dramatic reading); 27. Alabado (alabado in which the singer asks to be placed on the right side of the cross on which Christ is crucified); 28. Rezos (a prayer asking for a sudario, or prayer for the soul of a dead person, another prayer for Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, folk prayers, velorio, wake, muerte, death); 29. El sombrero de un rico (good to fair recording, children, song sings about a rich man's hat getting lost, being found by some little girls, they gamble it and sell it in King Solomon's store, folk song); 30. Los pajarillos (good to fair, fragment of a children song, the little birds, from Noah's ark); 31. Indita de Rio Grande (fair to poor recording, Berry sings the ballad of the 1884 flood at Tome, and villages along the Rio Grande, in song composer jokes that Jesus Garcia broke the levy, makes pun of name Jesus Baca and daughter Refugio, refuge, mentions Padre Ralliere, and that most people went to higher ground on Tome Hill, Cerro de Tome); 32. Indita de Jose Luis (good to fair recording, fragment of the ballad of Jose Luis Lovato, was a famous musician of the late nineteenth century, in Valencia County, fragment mentions his death and burial, muerte, see CD 123).
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