Box 1
Container
Contains 71 Results:
Spanish lyrics, songs # 124 -160: 124. La Primavera, song about dying and loving, death, burial, sepulcher; 125. Gran Rosa de Oro, love song; 127. El Dia que Me Dijiste, woman did not love him, lost love; 128. Tu Recuerdo y Yo, lost love; 129. La Pajerera, Rosita; 130. Ella, love song; 131. Me He de Comer Esa Tuna, Guadalajara en el llano, Mexico; 132. Alevantate, love song; 135. Chaparreras, rancher, love song; 152. Noche Plateada, love song; 155. Que Importa el Mundo, love song; 157. La Carcel de Cananea, Agua Prieta, man arrested, in prison, crime; 158. Prenda del Alma, love song; 159. El Hijo Desobediente, disobeyed his father, killed in a fight; 160. La que Se Fue, man had lots of money but no love, the one he loved when away, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
Spanish lyrics, songs # 161 - 220: 161.Valentin de La Sierra, corrido, Mexican Revolution, Virgin of Guadalupe, hero captured, hung by the government; 162. Volver Volver, love song; 163. Una Noche Serena y Oscura, love, betrayal; 164. La Chencha, illegal Mexican immigration, from Laredo to San Antonio, Texas, Mexican without papers, license, talented, wanting to work and marry Crecencia, trouble with the abusive Americans; 165. San Marcial, New Mexico, corrido composed by Ramon Luna, from San Marcial, happened on August 20, Rio Grande flood, railroad, homes, only the Harvey House Hotel survived; 166. Ojitos Verdes, love song; 169. Corrido de Emiliano Zapata, Chihuahua, Mexican Revolution; 170. A La Orilla del Palmar, love song; 174. Pobrecita de Guacamaya; 175. La Cruz Azul, Si Acaso Yo Muero, muerte, song for the Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, October, cemetery, burial, man facing death, war, Mexican Revolution; 188. Las Casas de Carton, the homes made of cardboard Boxes and scrap metal on the Mexican - United States border, poverty, rich and poor, Mexico, children suffering, dogs treated better, injustice, immigration; 192. Soy Tirador, ya las aves, love song; 193. De Colores, see 199 for better version; 194. Plegaria Guadalupana, Juan Diego, Virgin de Guadalupe, ask for blessings, Huasteca; 198. Sol que Tu Eres, song of man farming, working the land, poverty; 199. De Colores, repeat of 193, better version; 200. La Golondrina, man is away, wandering, longing to see his land, home; 201. La Paloma, after man left Havana, Cuba, loving his girl, Chinita; 202. La Martiniana, when I die, sing for me the song that never dies, la zandunga; 204. Tu Solo Tu, woman, betrayal; 205. Bendito Sea Dios; 210. Felipe Angeles, 1920, capture and execution of General, artillery man, Chihuahua, Mexican Revolution; 212. Palomita que Vienes Herida, love song; 217. Mananitas con Jarana, love song, serenade at her window, betrayal, Jalisco; 218. Yo Ya Me Voy, San Luis Potosi, lost love; 220. Caballo Prieto Azabache, forces of Pancho Villa, horse saved the life of a captured soldier, he escaped but horse was killed, Mexican Revolution, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
Spanish lyrics, songs # 224 - 258: 224. La Zandunga, love song; 225. Entre Copa y Copa, man turns to drinking when his love left him, betrayal; 227. La Rialera, love song, engineer, railroad, Cerrillos, New Mexico, coal mine; 228. Paloma Sin Nido, love song; 229. El Herradero, rancher, charros, vaquero, cattle; 230. Las Dos Huastecas, Jarocho, men and women, Veracruz united with Tamaulipas; 234. Tecolote de Guaduana, love song; 236. Susana, man remembering his girl, his little home and his fields; 237. Tango Flamenco; 238. Abre el Corazon and Let My Heart Come In, love song, Bilingual; 239. Delgadina, princess resisted sex from her father the king, he locked her up, she died without food or water, family, incest, women; 240. El Recuerdo de Ti, romance, Spanish, lost love; 241. Las Flores, love song; 242. Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico, love of the state of New Mexico; 245. El Corrido del Milagro de la Cuna, composed by Frank McCulloch, sung by Frank and Luis Campos; 252. Me Case Con Una Pocha, corrido, married an Anglo to learn English, went to California, where they are all inconsiderate, WPA collection, Helen Chandler, Great Depression era; 254. Serenata Huasteca, love song; 255. Alla en El Rancho Grande, traditional; 258. Pena, song from Chimayo, New Mexico, in John Donald Robb Collection, CSWR, UNM, durmiendo, sonado, mirando, amando his girl, triguena hermosa, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
Spanish lyrics, songs # 260 - 297: 260. Senaida, love song, poor man worked hard to bring money for his girl, asking her promise of love; 261. El Angelito, child died unnatural death, due to poverty, injustice of the rich, ricos, pobres, poverty; 263. Camino de Guanajuato; 265. El Preso Numero 9, prison, man killed two persons, his girl in arms of his rival, betrayal; 267. Por un Amor; 268. La Petrona, love song; 269. La Juanita, love song; 270. Aquel Amor; 271. La Feria de las Flores, Flor de las Flores, Flor de Mi Amor; 274. Morena Mia, pilgrimage of Santiago, Compostela, Spanish romance, man in love with a peregrina, Galicia, Spain; 275. El Pajaro Choqui, indicito guarani, Paraguay; 276. Mi Abuelo Mato Franceses, French intervention in Mexico, Mexican Revolution, 277. La Baraca de Oro, departure, love song; 280. La Vaquilla Colorada, vaquero, vaca, calf with sharp horns; 293. Vamos Todos a Belen, los pastores, Navidad, from Christmas pageant; 294. Noche de Paz, Silent Night; 295. A La Puerta del Cielo, lullaby from Spain, WPA collection, Helen Chandler, Great Depression era; 297. La Borrachita, man left his girl, called to serve el patron who ordered him to go to the capitol, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
Spanish lyrics, songs # 300 - 346: 300. La Cautiva Marcelina, her family was killed and she was held captive by Native American Apache Indians, slavery; 306. Ramon Castillo, an old man, he, his horse and sword are broken down but he still bothers the women of the neighborhood; 311. Indita de Cochiti, Indita Mia, man loves a girl from Cochiti, went to Santa Fe to buy her a gift, but she comes back one night with a black eye, betrayed him with another man; 312. El Hijo Desobediente, father tells son not to get into a fight, instead he does and is killed, disobedience, family, discipline; 313. Cuando Salga La Luna, love song; 314. Estado de Verguenza, corrido, composed by Eugene Rodriguez, anti Arizona law, legal discrimination again Mexican immigrants, immigration, racism; 315. Soledad, love song; 318. Asi es Nuevo Mexico, composed by Amadeo Lucero, love for his homeland New Mexico, rivers, mountains, people, etc.; 319. Levantate, Lola, composed by Ernest Mares, love song to a woman who is no longer with the man, was her last dance; 320. Canciones de Anteayer, composed by Frank McCulloch, he worked the names of all the types of New Mexico music into one song with love, cancion, romance, corrido, indita, relacion; 322. Tun, Tun, Christmas song, Navidad, people of peace ask entry, open the door for them; 323. Le Falta un Clavo a Mi Cruz, a man suffering from loss of his love; 324. Mi Carro Ford, old broken down car, ford, New Mexico; 325. Mambru, man went to war, a boy with a letter came to town saying that man had been killed; 329. Duelo, La Voz de Mi Madre, mother warned her son not to get involved with women, lovers; 330. Yo Me Vine de Mi Tierra, man is crying because his girl no longer loved him; 334. Alla en El Rancho Grande, traditional Mexican ranchera, ranch life; 335. La Sandunga, man loves a girl but she pays no attention to him; 337. Carabina 30-30, song of the Mexican Revolution, man taking his weapon, gun and joining the rebellion to help his country, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata; 339. Facundita, Bilingual song, boy and girl sing of their love, Frank added in local references to Espanola and San Antonio, New Mexico; 341. Tomate Esta Botella, man and woman to have one last drink before separating and departing, lost love; 342. Vaya con Dios, lost love; 344. Corrido de San Marcial, composed by Ramon Luna, from San Marcial, New Mexico, Rio Grande flood, people suffering; 345. Carbonero, man is poor, suffering, only has a dog, sad, walking down the Camino Real; 346. Un Puno de Tierra, man is lamenting, life has no meaning, sad, has nothing in life, when he dies his grave will only be a point of dirt on the ground, death, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
Song lyrics, in notebook with other Spanish songs, unnumbered, Bilingual, Catholic religious songs: Alzo los Ojos al Cielo; Con Mansedumbre; Madre de Dolores; Por el Rastro de la Sangre., 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
English lyrics, songs # 2 - 47: 2. Jay Gould's Daughter, hobo John, bums, riding the train, death of girl on the railroad; 7. Old Paint, cowboy song, Montana, Denver, in the West; 11. Green Grow the Lilacs, lost love, sung by United States American soldiers in Mexican War era, 1840s, New Mexico; 24. Barbara Allen, London tavern, Williamson, slighted love; 25. Foggy Foggy Dew, weaver, love for a girl and the son from her; 26. Riddle Song, I Gave My Love a Cherry, a chicken and a baby child sleeping; 31. Wandering, red headed woman made a fool out of me; 37. Red River Valley, cowboy, woman he loves is leaving; 38. Goodnight Irene, man, lost love, depression, feels like taking drugs, addiction, morphine to die; 39. Jesse James, outlaws, train robbers; 40. Blue Tail Fly, song of an African American Black man, waiter to his White master, a fly bit the pony who threw the master in the ditch, and he died; 41. Sweet Betsy from Pike, crossed the Rocky Mountains, in the desert, of the Southwest; 43. Streets of Laredo, met a cowboy who was shot and about to die, death; 44. Get Back, song about an African American Black man, cannot get a job, not served a drink in a bar, gets paid half as much as a White man, racism, discrimination; 45. Careless Love, Blues song, African American Black man in love, his girl departs with a rich railroad man, he wants to kill the man; 46. Down in the Valley, man in the Birmingham jail, lost his girl; 47. Tom Dooley, man who killed a girl in the mountains, ready to be hanged, jealousy, betrayal, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
English lyrics, songs #56 - 79: 56. All Around the Water Tank, railroad hobo, bum, poverty, homeless, Great Depression era; 57. Pistol Packing Papa, just for fun, shooting his gun, doing whatever he pleases; 59. I'm Going Down the Road, man left jail headed away from Texas; 60. Spanish is the Loving Tongue; 61. John Henry, miner's contest with a mechanical machine steel drill driver; 62. Cotton Eye Joe, showing his diamond ring; 65. Paper Roses, imitation love, deceit; 67. Wee Cooper of Fife, married a girl who couldn't bake or weave; 70. Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies, warning to girls to be careful with men, not to fall for them; 72. Molly Malone, Dublin, fishmonger, pushed her cart down the streets singing, she died of fever, her ghost heard today singing on the street, ghost story; 73. Banks of the Ohio, woman would not promise to be true to her man in marriage, so he threw her in the river and killed her; 74. Lonesome Road, man betrayed by his love, ended up in jail, lost soul; 75. Old Blue, man's good dog dies, he wants to die too and meet his dog again in heaven; 76. Andrew Bardine; to help the cause, youngest brother robbed a ship of rich merchants from England, King George; 77. Wildwood Flower, lost love; 78. Engine 143, Georgie, ran the engine, trying to catch up time, killed in a train crash; 79. Donna, Donna, calf with a mournful eye, swallow above winging through the sky, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
English lyrics, songs #80 - 99: Blow the Candles Out, a three year indentured apprentice in London, secretly meets with his girl in her home at night; 81. Midnight Special, African American Black man in jail, Houston, ready for execution; 82. Take These Chains, lost love; 84. Two Sisters, a man falls in love with the youngest, older one upset, jealousy, older one kills the younger sister Kate, threw her in the ocean, the miller fished her out then pushed her back in again; 85. Devil's Nine Questions, test to see whether you belong to God or the Devil; 86. Poor Boy, killed a gambling man who stole his girl, went to jail, was executed; 87. Troubador Song, traditional; 88. I Was Born in Old Virginia, South Carolina, lost love, betrayal; 89. I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago, knew Moses, Saint Peter, Satan, all through time; 92. This Land is Your Land; 93. The Cherry Tree Carol, Joseph, Mary, Galilee, Jesus; 94. John F. Kennedy, like Abraham Lincoln both fought for the Black man, African American, Bilingual; 95. Good Morning, Mr. Railroad Man, similar to All Around the Water Tank; 96. All The Good Times, good days are over, lost love, departure; 97. Philadelphia Lawyer, out in Reno, Nevada, in love with a two-timing Hollywood babe, her man Bill killed him; 98. I Never Will Marry, lost love, woman drowns herself in the sea; 99. Saturday Night and Sunday, African American Black love song, Undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
Undated
English lyrics, songs #100 -126: 100. If You Ain't Got The Do Re Mi Boys, Dust Bowl, American Great Depression, Texas to California, port of entry, no work in California except for talented music folks, 1930s; 101. The Fox, goes to a farm, takes the goose and ducks to eat in his den; 102. Down in the Mine, songs warns young men of the dangers of working in the coal mine; 109. Will The Circle Be Unbroken, man's sadness at death of his mother, funeral, burial; 110. Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Foot, woman's disregard for her man, love, betrayal; 111. Stewball, was a race horse, gambling bets on him; 112. Lonesome Valley, religious song, each man has to walk in the valley himself, persistence, faith; 113. All the Seasons, God is changing the beautiful seasons, composed by Frank McCulloch, Jr.; 114. The Last Thing on My Mind, man did not want to hurt his lover, but she left him, departure; 115. Martin Luther King Song, Bilingual, tribute to the African American Black Civil Rights leader, cause, composed by Frank McCulloch, Jr.; 116. The Cannonball, railroad, Buffalo to Washington, D.C., man is leaving his love and going up North; 117. If I Were Free, man tells of how they fought and how they paid, soldiers, fighting, anti war protest, call for peace; 118. I Want To be A Country Boy Again, tired of city life, got his college degrees, tired of Broadway, buildings, cars, bars, going back to American Southern country life, his dog, green grass, front porch, by Frank McCullock, Jr.; 119. I Want to Travel Down One Road, tired of carrying so many loads, too many people, wearing a mask on his face, nobody is what they say they are; 120. My Name is Jimmie Brown, town newspaper boy, no shoes, no hat, in rags, hungry and cold, poverty, African American Black; 121. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye, love song; 122.-123. Suzanne, down by the sea, harbor, seaweed and trash, she touches you with her mind; 126. Daddy, You Been on My Mind, love song, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
English lyrics, songs # 133 - 198: 133. Deportee, Mexican immigration, for generations, labor, picking fruit, some illegal, work contracts, died on the river, on the United States - Mexico Border, nameless people, just deported; 134. Rambling Round, from job to job, Mexican immigration, a refugee, picking fuit, can't marry, no money; 136. Sweet Sir Galahad, long hours a woman worked, her husband had passed on, still crying; 137. Daddy, She Never Did Say No to Daddy, husband never paid attention to his wife, she never complained, when children old enough she left for another love; 138. Waltz Across Texas With You, like in a fairy land, forget all our troubles; 139. The Way It was in '51, sings about 1951, Route 66, two lane highway, Harry Truman ran the show, Korea War starting, too young to go, soldiers were still proud of what they'd done in battle, a Lefty was in every jail, still had slow dancing, no rock and roll yet, restaurant drive ups had car hops, longing for the past; 140. Jealous Loving Heart, love song, Biligual; 150. I'll Pawn You My Gold Watch and Chain, love song; 151. Just Before the Battle Mother, man will not leave his comrades, the flag, honor, will die first, if I die in the fight remember me, military, war, refers to traitors at home, whose cruel words kill our soldiers and help the enemy; 153. Sitting By the Old Corral, cowboy, his old pals and horse have died, he is waiting to be called to heaven; 154. Star of Bannock, woman in a dance hall, had left her good lover from the East and came to the West, killed by a bullet, death; 156. Decoration Day up in Heaven, man's mother has died and gone to heaven, lonely; 167. On A Monday, woman threw her man out, he was arrested, in jail, no bail, in chains, African American Black; 168. Freight Train, Freight Train, Engine Number 9, railroad, man is fleeing the law, wants to go home to Blue Ridge Mountains, bury him on Beecker Street; 171. The Sweet Briar, composed by Utah Phillips; 172. The Road to Dunbar, love song, departure, waiting for lover to return; 173. Go to Sleep You Weary Hobo, sleeping in the railroad Box car, peace and warm, when you die, the railroad bulls, police watchmen, won't bother you no more, bums, American Great Depression, poverty, homeless, 1930s; 185. No One Remembers His Name, railroad hobo, bum, twenty four were killed, unknown names, man couldn't check on the one he knew, didn't know his name; 186. Little East Texas Red, a mean railroad bull police man, worked in South East Texas on the Gulf of Mexico, mistreated the poor hobos, bums, dumped their stew pot, American Great Depression, homeless, hunger, poverty, injustice; 187. The Little Paper Boy, orphan begged for food and help, died out in the snow and cold, nobody in the street crowds cared for him; 189. Never No Mo Blues, man left his love Suzette and his family, never to return; 190. Little Joe the Wrangler, lonely Texas kid, cowboy song, killed during a storm and cattle stampede, in fall of his horse; 191. When The Works All Done This Fall, a cowboy planned to go home to Texas in the Fall but before he could go was killed in storm and stampede; 195. Clinch Mountain Home, old Virginia, man leaves his girl and goes out West, promises to return; 196. I Remember Loving You, recalls himself and girl riding the railroads, bums, hobos wanting to go to California, mean bull railroad police, cold, cardboard in his shoes, needing cigarettes and booze, alway loving her, homeless, poverty, American Great Depression; 197. When the Roses Bloom Again, man, departure for war, if not killed will return in the Spring; 198. Little Joe, from the Carter Family, Darling Joe is dying, asking for flowers on his grave and will see his Mother again in heaven, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
English lyrics, songs # 203 - 226: 203. I'm Nobody's Darling On Earth, sailor, nobody loves me, his Mother had died, lonely out on the sea, only in Heaven will someone love him, by Frank McCulloch, Jr.; 206. When Last I Came to Ludlow Town, lyrics arranged to music by Frank McCulloch, Jr., a man's friends had all passed away and one was in jail, he had lived his life, soon was time for him to join them; 207. Say Hello to the Moon, man remembers the past days with his love, composed by Frank McCulloch, Jr.; 208. Reynardine, man falls in love with a fair maiden, on the mountainside; 209. The Lonesome River, man's lover left, she found a new man, lost love; 211. Rambling Boy, man and woman traveled around, he tried to work in a mine, on a cold damp night he got sick and died, she is all alone; 213. Oh Danny Boy, Irish traditional, life and death; 214. I Am a True Born Irishman, Paddy, settled at home, English came to take everything away, protest injustice; 215. Lady Come From Baltimore, a thief intended to steal from her, but instead married her for love; 216. Irene, dialogue, lyrics, a couple breaks up but he still loves her; 219. Til Each Tear Becomes a Rose, man and woman will love each other through all their troubles; 221. Where Gulls Come to be Lonely, on a small island by the sea, in his chains, man wishes he had a lover; 222. Muleskinner Blues, man working on the road, going to town, will bring his girl a gift, booze and a stetson hat, railroad; 223. In the Jailhouse Now, man's friend was a thief, drinking, got in a fight with the police, escaped, captured, girl came to bail him out; 226. Big Rock Candy Mountain, hobo, bum sings of a imaginary place where there are no police or railroad police bulls; no jails, no forced labor, plenty of food and liquor, Frank's references to Albuquerque and Sandia Mountains, American Great Depression, homeless, poverty, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
English lyrics, songs # 231 - 279: 231. Stone Walls and Steel Bars, in jail, three time loser, San Francisco Bay, in a fight over another man's woman; 232. I Am Weary, young man is dying, asking for his Mother to love him; 233. I'm Just A Pilgrim on the Road, Boys, traveling until I die; 235. She's More to be Pitied than Censored, girl in a tavern, bar, all alone, lost her beauty, fast life, honkeytonk, once was a wife, too many parties; 243. Jambalaya, fun on the bayou, fishing, loving his Yvonne, Louisiana, Cajun; 244. Lover's Return, man and woman have grown old and apart, love is gone, can only be friends now; 246. Half as Much, by Curley Williams, for Frank with permission, if only you loved me half as much as I love you; 247. Hey, Good Looking, What Ya Got Cooking; 248. Your Cheating Heart, Will Tell on You, lost love, betrayal; 249. Take These Chains from My Heart, and Set Me Free, lost love; 250. Your Cold, Cold Heart, pain of a past lover has ruined a woman's new love, afraid to love again, they drift apart; 251. Nobody's Lonesome for Me, man never finds a woman; 253. She Finally Spoke Spanish to Me, Adios is all she said, White Cliffs of Dover; 256. She Caught the Rambling Blues, woman loved the man when he was rich, left him when he was poor. love song, betrayal; 257. Sisters of Mercy, conforted a sinner man, his injuries and his soul; 258. Bird on the Wire, I have saved all my love for you; 262. Last Night I Dreamed the Strangest Dream, military protest, the end of war, peace, anti war, officials signed a paper to never fight again, no more guns, swords and bayonets; 264. Tower of Song, old man singer, missing his love, longing for past, waiting to cross to heaven, stuck in the tower of song, warning the rich of the coming of judgement day; 266. Come on You Railroad Bums, man wants to go where he is free, President Roosevelt, wants to go home, American Great Depression, hobos, homeless, riding the roalroad cars; 272. Tennessee Waltz, another man stole his love away, lost love; 273. Shenandoah, man on the Missouri River, working to help his girl; 278. Joe Hill, man dreamed about a labor organizer named Joe Hill, who had been killed by copper mine bosses, but his spirit lived on, strikes, organizing, protest song, helping workers, rights, mining; 279. Long Dark Veil, man was with his best friend's wife, killed her husband in a fight, went to jail and executed, she visits his grave at night, ghost story; 281. Jimmy's Texas Blues, Dallas, Texas, man singing of his troubles and those of his girl friend, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
English lyrics, songs # 282 - 299: 282. Little Orphan Girl, homeless, cold, snow, hungry, ragged clothes, knocked on door of a rich man who did not help her, she died outside and her soul went to heaven; 283. Across the Borderline, Mexican immigration, cross the Rio Grande, thousands dream that North of the line is wealth, job to earn money, but even if cross the line they will lose more than they will gain, lesson of the border, illusion; 284. Carmelita, Ensenada, Echo Park, man and woman, he on drugs, heroin, pawned all he had, county cut off his methadone and her welfare check, cries for Carmelita to come love him; 285. Soldier's Plea, man writing letter to his girl, she is planning to marry another man and not wait for his return, he is sailing off to the war, military; 286. Old Chisholm Trail, Texas, man herding cattle to the railroad line, cold, harsh job, wants to return to the South for his girl; 287. Goodnight Loving Trail, rough life of a cowboy, herding cattle; 288. Casey Jones (II), he was a railroad engineer, died in crash with another train, this song related to song for Jay Gould's daughter; 289. Loch Lomond, Scottish protest, and love song, take the high road, the low road, Scotland; 290. I'll Fly Away, man in cold prison, in chains, only eighteen more days until his death, execution, when dies will fly away to heaven; 291. Valley of Jarama, Spain, Spanish Civil War, battle, Lincoln Brigade, Fascists, Franco, to the same tune as Red River Valley; 292. The Bantry Girls Lament, Irish, Johnny has gone to sea, off to war to fight the King of Spain, no one left to tend the farm and sheep, he died for Ireland's pride; 296. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime, during the American Great Depression, poverty, homeless, man named Al had been a soldier, he was a businessman, had built a railroad and a tower, now out of work and had no money; 298. Dance Me to the End of Love, World War II, concentration camps, German Jews, played violins and danced for their Nazi captors, Bilingual; 299. Take This Waltz, Vienna, love is dying, remembers lover, sorrow, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
English lyrics, songs # 301 - 349: 301. A Winter Lady, traveling woman of the night; 302. Satan's Jewel Crown, after a life belonging to the devil, of drinking and running around, God saved me and set me free; 303. Kevin Barry, Irish, war, protest song, Barry fought the English, capture and torture, never told them anything, then hung, execution, death; 304. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, soldier came home, no arm, no leg, couldn't dance, had to beg on the street, his girl didn't want him, anti war, military; 305. Farewell, Angelina, life has become a tragedy, bandits, guns, death, time bombs, troubles, depression; 307. If I Lose, man thinking of his girl, soldier in the Spanish American War, Spain, Cuba, Battleship Maine; 308. Old and Only In the Way, elders no longer wanted, poor, homeless, useless, even the rich families want their old men to die, so they can get their gold; 309. I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago, I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World; 310. When The Whippoorwill is Whispering Goodnight, American Southern song, by the old plantation, man's love has died, dreams of her, birds sing over her grave; 316. Who's Gonna Build Your Wall, on the border, Mexican immigration, like the Berlin Wall, if you send the migrant workers back who will pick the fruit, clean the floors, and build the wall; 317. Old Dolores, town in the Southwest, cattle, cowboys, drinking, dance hall girls, hell; 321. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, love song, Bilingual; 326. Had to be Crazy to Love You; 327. O Fair New Mexico, state song, by Elizabeth Garrett; 328. I'm Just Driftwood on the River of Your Discontent, lost love; 331. Ballad of the Absent Mare, cowboy looking for his horse that wanders off for greener grass, Bilingual; 332. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong, a tortured man tried to love his girl, she was cold and insincere, lost love; 333. Here We Are, both man and woman running around, chasing rainbows, drifting apart; 336. Across the Borderline, Mexican immigration, Rio Grande, looking for work, dream of making money, lose more than ever gain; 338. Hallelujah, two lovers, everything when wrong, sing to the Lord; 340. Oh, Lord, It's Tough, cowboy, cattle, no rain, no grass, too many bills, injured, have faith, hold on; 343. TB Blues, man has tuberculosis, girl doesn't believe him, he tried to get well but is shaky, is going to die, health, death; 344. Old Five and Dimers Like Me, man had tried to be more than he could be, finally in the end satisfied to be a five and dime man; 348. Walking Through Your Town in the Snow, in winter, homeless, bars closed, missions closed, carrying his home on his back, backpack, police hound him, too old, no job, no food to share with the other homeless he sees cooking their food; 349. Banjo, a man watching a banjo floating in the sea, afraid it is coming for him, life, death, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
Articles, about McColluch, Jr. as a musician, 1960-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1960-2015
Flyers, posters for music events, 2003-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
2003-2015
Award, from Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado, San Luis Valley, Hilos Culturales, includes article about McCulloch, Jr. and his concert, 2014; and a photo of him receiving the award, with Herman and Pat Martinez, April 1, 2014
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
April 1, 2014
Tribute, to McCulloch from New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, biographical information, 2002, September 20, 2002
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
September 20, 2002
Articles, about McColluch as an artist, painter, art, biographical, his style, landscapes, philosophy, etc., 1963-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1963-2015
List, of art exhibitions, artist statements, 1959-2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1959-2015
Sketches and thoughts, by Frank, while at the Instituto de San Miguel de Allende, in the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, giclee prints, collages, Mexican characters, faces, with accompanying original dichos, proverbs, most in Spanish, one in English, themes of the charros, life, love, death, fighting in the Mexican Revolution, etc., 1965
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1965
Excerpts, from McCulloch's MFA thesis, Instituto de Allende, Mexico, in English, Frank's thoughts, short poems, on his art, artist style, technique, mood, landscape, nature, human figures; his personal philosophy of painting; who and what has influenced his painting; also his view of his art in 1995, 1965
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
1965
Catalog, for New Mexico Governor's galley exhibit, 1981, Governor Bruce King, June 1981
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
June 1981
Book, Imagenes de Mi Tierra, by Frank McCulloch, Jr., gallery book published by Sumner and Dene Gallery, 2012, Albuquerque, contains color copies of many of Frank's best landscapes, a biography, a timeliine, and some poetry by Frank and commentary on his work by others, 2012
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Beginning in 2015, Frank McCulloch, Jr. began donating CDs with his recordings to the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Library. Included also is a copy of Frank’s personal notebook of over 200 songs and their lyrics collected from 1959-2015. These CDs have some of his favorites. He has added his own Bilingual lyrics to some of them. The CDs have songs recorded live in his studio, with Frank singing solo or Frank accompanied by his musical companions. Several are commercial albums put out by...
Dates:
2012