Heritage Colorado
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
El hijo desobediente, 1970, 2006
Socorro, New Mexico. One Sunday before dawn a young man, Felipe, and a rival are fighting. Felipe's father comes upon the scene and tells his son to stop fighting. The young man disobeys his father and a few seconds later falls mortally wounded. Before he dies, Felipe begs his father to bury him out on the prairie. Quality: Good.
El lavaplatos, 1973, 2007 January 1
Vequita, New Mexico. Recited. Quality:Fair
Felipe Angeles, 1972, 2007 January 1
Albuquerque, New Mexico. General Angeles was Pancho Villa's greatest artillery officer. The ballad sings of this man's death by an enemy firing squad. Quality: Fair.
Flor del rio, 1970, 2006
Socorro, New Mexico. A young man passes by a girl's window and falls in love with her. She is delicate as a flower, and it turns out that her name is Flor (flower). The two enjoy some months of friendship before the young man has to leave town. When he returns, he finds out that Flor died in his absence. Quality: Good.
Gabino Barreras, 1970, 2006
Socorro, New Mexico. Like Juan Charrasqueado, Gabino Barreras has illegitimate children throughout the countryside. One night, as he comes out of his girlfriend's home shouting "Viva Zapata!," a great number of his enemies gang up on him and shoot him down. Quality: Good.
Juan Charrasqueado, 1970, 2006 January 1
Socorro, New Mexico. A braggart, Juan Charrasqueado, goes wild in the countryside, "plucking" all the tender "flowers" that he chances to encounter. One Sunday afternoon, in a bar, relatives and friends of his latest victim catch up to the malefactor and kill him. Quality: Good
La Maclovia (Madamas taosenas), 1971, 2006
Taos, New Mexico. Story of a young man from Conejos, Colorado, who requests the hand of Maclovia Mares of Taos, New Mexico, and is kept waiting for three years before he is given "calabazas" (rejection). Includes commentary. Quality: Good.
Las enfermeras de Chicago, 1970, 2006
Unknown location. No listing in Cobos index. Commercial recording. Quality: fair. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 12 of 12 songs on the audiofile.
Oijitos Verdes, 1970, 2006
Socorro, New Mexico. A boy is missing his green-eyed girlfriend. He hopes that wherever she may be wandering, she still loves him and remembers how much he cares for her. Quality: Good.
Preso me llevan a la carcel, 1958, 2006
Tome, New Mexico. See item 9.13. Quality: Good/ Fair.