Tome, New Mexico. Alabado. Composed by the late Demetria Olona, an alabado singer from Tome. Includes commentary. Quality: good.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Popular song from Mexico. Quality: good.
Tome, New Mexico. Includes commentary. Quality: good/fair.
Los Padillas, New Mexico. Informant recites part of the "Indita de 'Ciquio Lucero," which has to do with a man who dies as a result of piercing one of his legs with an awl as he is making himself a pair of shoes. At least one adivinanza is also included. Tape speed varies. Quality: poor.
La Constancia, New Mexico. Quality: good. PLEASE NOTE: this should be the SEVENTH song on the audiofile.
La Constancia, New Mexico. Quality: good. PLEASE NOTE: this should be the NINTH song on the audiofile.
Bernalillo, New Mexico. Informant sings the "Entriega de San Lorenzo," patron saint of Bernalillo, New Mexico. Duplicates item 33.11. Quality: good/fair.
Bernalillo, New Mexico. Informant sings one of several versions of a ballad on the death of the late John F. Kennedy. Duplicates item 33.10. Quality: good/fair.
Santa Cruz, New Mexico. Informant sings a corrido about fifteen Mexican cowboys taking a herd of some five hundred head of cattle from northern Mexico to Kansas. Quality: good. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 2 of 14 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recording levels vary. Quality: fair/poor. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 13 of 14 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. May be a commercial recording. Quality: fair/poor. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 3 of 16 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dance executed by four couples. Quality: fair/poor. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 1 of 16 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dance game involving the recitation of poetic strophes by the participants. The game has to do with coaxing a dance partner to leave her chair placed in the middle of the dance floor so the dancing can resume. May be a commercial recording. Quality: fair. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 5 of 16 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recording levels vary. Quality: fair/poor. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 4 of 16 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Composition strongly influenced by Indian music. Quality: good/fair. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 1 of 5 songs on the audiofile.
Grants, New Mexico. Wedding ceremony in the Catholic church of Grants, New Mexico. Quality: good/fair. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 1 of 2 pieces on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. "Viento, viento" (Wind, Wind) is a children's school song. The children tell the wind that he is a thief that blows and takes their things away with him. Children ask the wind where it is going in such a hurry and call him a thief with baggy pants. Quality: poor. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 8 of 27 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. La mesticita (from mestizo, or mixed blood) is a folk dance of Mexican provenience. Very popular, particularly in school dances. May be a commercial recording. Quality: good/fair. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 12 of 16 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Originally "Las mananitas" (early Morning Song) was sung to greet the new day. Later it became a birthday song. Performed here as a waltz. Quality: good/fair. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 15 of 16 songs on the audiofile.
Los Padillos, New Mexico. Fragment. Recited. Listed in index also as Reel #195.B.10,a (item 45.10). Quality: good. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 15 of 27 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes commentary. Distortion. Quality: poor. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 27 of 27 songs on the audiofile.
Grants, New Mexico. See item 39.2. Quality: good/fair. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 6 of 6 songs on the audiofile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Quality: good/fair. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 2 of 5 songs on the audiofile.
Tome, New Mexico. Mr. Cat (Don Gato) is resting in a gold chair. A friend tells him that a female cat is on the roof. Don Gato goes to the roof to take a look and falls down and breaks his ribs. When the doctor comes, Don Gato has died. Quality: good. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 11 of 14 songs on the audiofile.
Tome, New Mexico. Informant sings a folk song about a man who sees a ghost coming down from Sierra Lucera. The ghost turns out to be a barnyard snake that is out to scare someone. Quality: good. PLEASE NOTE: this should be number 15 of 21 songs on the audiofile.
