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Articles by Ruben Cobos from February 2 - 23. 1950. In February 2, 1950 Cobos continues with el corrido, prints the full text or lyrics to El Final de San Marcial, by Ramon Luna, from San Marcial, August 20, flood of the Rio Grande, trains came for the people, went to El Paso, some people standing and crying on the hills above the river, sandbars in the middle of the town, this is a New Mexico original corrido, followed by more of the Corrido de Bonifacio Torres, March 1, in the plaza de Jarales, song about a valiant rebel killed by the government during the Mexican Revolution, composed by Guillermo Lopez, a Mexican corrido. For February 9, 1950, Cobos presents the Corrido de Carlos Saiz, by Manuel A. Esquibel, from Las Nutrias, New Mexico (Belen), story of the execution of Saiz, in January 11, 1907, in jail in Socorro, New Mexico, Saiz killed two men at La Salada, over a debt he allegedly owed, his last words were that his friend Eliseo Valles was a traitor, who had done the crime, Saiz asked to be taken to San Juan to be with his parents, this is an original New Mexico corrido. In February 16, 1950, Cobos prints the lyrics to the Corrido de Pedro Sandoval, by Carmelita Trujillo, of Truchas, New Mexico, about her primo, Pedro, a boy of 13 years, on June 21, playing with a 30-30 rifle, thirty thirty, shot himself, in the house of Don Gregorio, while playing with his friends Delfino and Victoriano, the adults were all away from the house, children, death, muerte, gun safety, an original New Mexico corrido. February 16, 1950 Cobos prints the full text for the Corrido de Federico Chavez, written by a member of the Chavez family, a tragedy that happened in Cuba, New Mexico, Sandoval County, August 19, 1935, Chavez, age 36, killed by a huero, an Anglo American man, un trampe, a tramp, named Shorty or James Shorter, Shorty met Chavez in the bar, liquor, drinking, muerte, death, crime, they went out side to talk, Shorty took out his pistol and kill him, the cantina belonged to Fernando Sandoval, Shorty was drunk on whiskey and got in his truck and went to Regina, New Mexico, police later arrested him, Chavez left a wife Sofia Chavez and two little girls, Dolores and Corina, this is an original New Mexico corrido. February 23, 1950, Cobos presents the Indita del Apache Victorio, by Jose Luciano Martinez, from San Acacio, Colorado (San Luis Valley), story in song of the tragedy of Chief Victorio, Mescalero Apache, Native American Indian, Nana, Mangas Coloradas, Joaquin Terrazas, don Dolores Quintana, war with Apaches in Mexico., February 1950

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 10
Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists of 591 recordings of folk songs, folklore and local histories collected by Ruben Cobos from 1944-1974 in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Also included in the collection are about 270 additional recordings of selected music - a few from New Mexico, many from Mexico and Latin America, and others from Spain, Europe and the U.S. The recordings vary in quality between good, fair, and poor. They contain both musical and spoken content. Most recordings are in...
Dates: February 1950