Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5057

Irish Sailor Boy

00:00:01 - Fellow That Looks Like Me Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 270 performed by Walter Roast at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In sad despair I wander, my heart is filled with woe" — 25 July 1943
00:03:43 - Ghostly Sailors Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 271 performed by Walter Roast at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: You may all smile if you want to but perhaps you'll lent an ear — 25 July 1943
00:08:34 - Harry Dunn Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 272 performed by Walter Roast at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 25 July 1943
Irish Sailor Boy Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 273 performed by Walter Roast at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I was scarce thirteen years of age — 25 July 1943
00:12:48 - Last Good-bye Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 274 performed by Armand Mongeon and Roland Lanthier at Debert, Colchester County, Nova Scotia — 22 July 1943
00:15:02 - Le Journal Joglu Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 275 performed by Armand Mongeon at Debert, Colchester County, Nova Scotia — 22 July 1943
00:16:53 - Lord Bateman Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 276 performed by Dennis Smith at Chezzetcook, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In India lived a noble lord — 7 August 1943
00:21:11 - Three Sailors of Bristol City Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 277 performed by A. Stanley Walker at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
00:21:49 - Frank Fido Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 278 performed by Dennis Williams
00:22:19 - Frog and the Mouse Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 279 performed by Charles E. Creighton at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: A frog he would a-wooing go — 25 August 1943
00:24:15 - Three Sailors of Bristol City Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 280 performed by A. Stanley Walker at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 31 July 1943
00:27:12 - Geordie Audio Reel: 5057 Recording number: 281 performed by Mrs. Nina Bartley Finn at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I went over London bridge, was in the morning early — 28 August 1943

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Acadian Folk song

African Nova Scotian song

Child Ballad [F.J. Child anthology]

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Read Helen Creighton's recording notes along with archival documentation related to these audio recordings: Mf289-59 PDF Mf289-60 PDF