Me Singing This Song...
Yuba City by U Utah Phillips
(A Farming Town between Chico and Sacramento on Highway 99 in California...) Based on a True Story...
(A Farming Town between Chico and Sacramento on Highway 99 in California...) Based on a True Story...
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I came into Yuba as soon as I read
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Of all of those twenty-five hobos found dead
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I came in to find out if one of the slain
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Could have answered to my brother's name
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It might be your brother, I just couldn't say
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We hire lots of floaters who work by the day;
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Now I see his photo they might be the same
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But I never did ask him his name
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Chorus: If I had a list and if I only knew
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I'd write down their names and sing them to you
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And when I got done, I'd sing them again
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So you'd all know each one had a name
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He had a room and ran out on the rent
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Hired on a crew, I don't know where he went
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If I knew his boss, I might make a claim
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But I never did write down his name
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He stopped for a drink every now and again
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Didn't look no different than hundreds of men;
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You know these old winos, they all look the same
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No reason to ask him his name
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It might have been Shorty, a feller I knew
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We bunked in the empties when the season was through
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You know, I been thinking, it sure is a shame
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I never did ask him his name
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We always abandon the old for the new
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And second-hand people get thrown away, too;
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I know it won't help, but still it explains
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Why no one remembers their names
We visited Yuba City Twice. Once for a Concert at the College by Anoushka Shankar... and the Other Time was Outdoors on a Hot Summer Night... Carlos Santana and The WHO...
Utah Singing the Song...
Behind the Music:
Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 migrant farm workers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California in 1971. At the time, his crimes were among the most notorious in U.S. history. Until the discovery of Dean Corll's victims in 1973, he was the deadliest known American serial killer.
Victims[edit]
All of Corona's victims were middle-aged Caucasian male drifters between the ages of 47 and 64 (except 3), most of them had criminal records and all but one were stabbed or slashed with a knife or machete.
| Number | Name | Age | Death Date | Method of Killing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Joseph Haluka | 52 | February 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 2 | Sigurd E. "Pete" Beierman | 62 | February 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 3 | John Doe (4th victim found) | Unknown | February 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 4 | John Doe (7th victim found) | Unknown | February 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 5 | William Emery Kamp | 62 | February 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971 | Shot in the head w/ a 9 mm. |
| 6 | Clarence Hocking | 53 | February 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 7 | John Doe (10th victim found) | Unknown | February 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 8 | John Doe (12th victim found) | Unknown | February 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 9 | Albert Leon "Scratchy" Hayes | 58 | February 27, 1971 – May 13, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 10 | Warren Jerome Kelley | 62 | On or around March 30, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 11 | John Henry Jackson | 64 | May 3, 1971 - May 14, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 12 | Joseph J. Maczak | 54 | April 26, 1971 – May 21, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 13 | Mark Beverly Shields | 56 | On or around April 28, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 14 | Donald Dale "Red" Smith | 60 | April 30, 1971 – May 11, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 15 | James Wylie Howard | 64 | May 1, 1971 – May 13, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 16 | Sam Bonafiede (a.k.a. Joe Carriveau) | 55 | On or around May 6, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 17 | Edward Martin Cupp | 43 | May 9, 1971 – May 13, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 18 | Charles Levy Fleming | 67 | On or around May 11, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 19 | Jonah Raggio Smallwood | 56 | On or around May 12, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 20 | Elbert J.T. Riley | 45 | On or around May 12, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 21 | Lloyd Wallace Wenztel | 60 | May 14, 1971 – May 22, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 22 | Paul Buel Allen | 59 | On or around May 15, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 23 | Raymond Reand Muchache | 47 | On or around May 18, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 24 | Kenneth Edward Whitacre | 40 | On or around May 19, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
| 25 | Melford Everett Sample | 59 | On or around May 21, 1971 | Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete. |
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