Puerto Rican Folk Songs Recorded in
Oakland, California, April 10, 1939

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Listen to Ms. Aurora Calderón singing   "La Tierruca"

Aurora Calderón, Elinor Rodríguez, and Cruz Losada.

Sidney Robertson   Cowell recorded all three migrant
Puerto Rican women in Oakland, California
singing unaccompanied Puerto Rican folks songs.

These songs are part of a collection of
California folk music recorded
by the Music Department of the
University of California in
cooperation with the
Archives of American Folk Song.

More digitized recordings of Ms. Calderón,
Ms. Rodríguez, and Ms. Losada are available in the
"California Gold: Northen California Folk Music from the Thirties"
,U.S. Library of Congress,
American Folklife Center
WPA Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection.

Photos and audio file from the
U.S. Library of Congress website,
reproduced here only to facilitate
their educational use.
I strongly encourage you to explore
the LOC's "American Memory Collection"