George Rivera, recorder, 1974
File — Box: 2, CD: 211
Scope and Contents
Marcos Maestas, b. 1917, Tucumcari, NM. (Fair recording). 1. Seleccion de Los Pastores (recited and song, Christmas play, Navidad,1940); 2. Corrido (song with guitar, composed by speaker in 1941, cantina, November day at 4 pm, my death in cold blood, drugstore, Renaldo Otero, friend, partner, knife fight, soldier, gun shot in heart, betrayal, brave men, famous writer of this song); 3. La mujer (fair recording, cancion, role of woman, song passed down to him by Avelino Rivera; women were to keep quiet, marriage, love); 4. Corrido (no title, fair recording, horse stealing, prison, Santa Fe, New Mexico); 5. Cancion sentimental (fair recording, loss of hope, my heart, betrayal, she left me for another, amor); 6. Entriega de novios (fair recording, wedding, marriage, song, church, godparents give blessing, reference of Adam and Eve, wisdom of Adam to remove a rib and create woman, God); 7. Corrido de Lucio Vazquez (fair to poor recording, of Mexico, killed over love for a girl at a dance, women) 8. Corrido del Rio Grande (fair to poor recording, river crossing, bandit); 9. Versos (sung with guitar, poor recording, ends with only guitar); 10. Cancion del pajarito (fair to poor recording, begins with only guitar, little bird couldn't fly).
Juan Gonzalez Lopez, b. 1946, Chihuahua, Mexico. (Poor recording, background noise). 1. La gallina robada (sueno, dream, cuento, story, stolen chicken, prettiest, snoring, food); 2. El mejor sueno; 3. Adios, chula (el perico, the parrot); 4. Dos vivos y un tonto (chiste, joke, two alive and one dummy); 5. Adivinanza (riddle, la esquina, street corner).
Cecilio Garcia, b. 1915, Tucumcari, NM. 1. El pinonero (pinon, pine nut picker, African American Black and Mexican, drunk man confuses them for God and Judas, the devil); 2. La Muerte Madrina (chiste, joke, the dead godmother, chicken, old woman).
Santiago Rivera, b. 1944, Clovis, NM, now in Tucumcari, NM. (Fair recording). 1. El pollo (chiste, joke, chicken for breakfast, hunger); 2. Adivinanza (riddle, shepherd of twenty sheep, math problem, logic, how many sheep did shepherd have, eight); 3. Adivinanza (riddle, las sillas y chango, logic, math problem, how many chairs are left over when the monkeys are seated?); 4. Los astronautas mejicanos (poor recording, chiste, joke,astronauts, Mexico, France, Russia, Germany, United States); 5. Sacrificio por la patria (chiste, joke, sacrifice for home country, from top of the Empire State Building, makes fun of Mexican); 6. El diablo y la adivinanza (chiste, joke, el pedo, the fart); 7. El wino y el cura (cuento, drunk man and the priest); 8. La viejita fumadora y el diablo (chiste, old smoking woman and devil, woman needs a cigarette, devil appears and offers her some if she promises to go with him when she dies); 9. Los barcos de guerra (chiste, ships of different countries, Mexico, Japan, Germany, America, submarines, World War II, makes fun of the Mexican ship, accidentally shoots another); 10. El loco del asilo y la viejita (chiste, joke, the crazy man from the asylum and the little old woman). (Toward end recording difficult to follow).
Juan Gonzalez Lopez, b. 1946, Chihuahua, Mexico. (Poor recording, background noise). 1. La gallina robada (sueno, dream, cuento, story, stolen chicken, prettiest, snoring, food); 2. El mejor sueno; 3. Adios, chula (el perico, the parrot); 4. Dos vivos y un tonto (chiste, joke, two alive and one dummy); 5. Adivinanza (riddle, la esquina, street corner).
Cecilio Garcia, b. 1915, Tucumcari, NM. 1. El pinonero (pinon, pine nut picker, African American Black and Mexican, drunk man confuses them for God and Judas, the devil); 2. La Muerte Madrina (chiste, joke, the dead godmother, chicken, old woman).
Santiago Rivera, b. 1944, Clovis, NM, now in Tucumcari, NM. (Fair recording). 1. El pollo (chiste, joke, chicken for breakfast, hunger); 2. Adivinanza (riddle, shepherd of twenty sheep, math problem, logic, how many sheep did shepherd have, eight); 3. Adivinanza (riddle, las sillas y chango, logic, math problem, how many chairs are left over when the monkeys are seated?); 4. Los astronautas mejicanos (poor recording, chiste, joke,astronauts, Mexico, France, Russia, Germany, United States); 5. Sacrificio por la patria (chiste, joke, sacrifice for home country, from top of the Empire State Building, makes fun of Mexican); 6. El diablo y la adivinanza (chiste, joke, el pedo, the fart); 7. El wino y el cura (cuento, drunk man and the priest); 8. La viejita fumadora y el diablo (chiste, old smoking woman and devil, woman needs a cigarette, devil appears and offers her some if she promises to go with him when she dies); 9. Los barcos de guerra (chiste, ships of different countries, Mexico, Japan, Germany, America, submarines, World War II, makes fun of the Mexican ship, accidentally shoots another); 10. El loco del asilo y la viejita (chiste, joke, the crazy man from the asylum and the little old woman). (Toward end recording difficult to follow).
Dates
- 1974
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
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