Ballad of the Absent Mare

Authors

Leonard Cohen
Frank McCulloch

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

1979

Abstract

Cowboy song, composition by Leonard Cohen, sung by Frank McCulloch, 2014. Bilingual. Part of the Frank McCulloch Collection of Spanish New Mexican, Mexican and American Music, MSS 956 BC, Box 1, CD 1.

Frank McCulloch is a well- known Albuquerque musician and landscape painter. He sings in Spanish and English and sometimes blends the languages together as in this ballad. Who doesn’t know the emotion of searching for a beloved pet that has wandered off. Frank has made the ballad a delight to enjoy.

Recommended Citation

Cohen, Leonard and Frank McCulloch. "Ballad of the Absent Mare." (1979). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cswr_multimedia/4