Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5065
Deep In My Heart
00:00:01 - Rubber Dolly
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 358 performed by Thomas Richards and Ramsay, Albera Goudet, Vincent Yogis at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 10 August 1943
00:02:15 - St. Anne's Reel
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 359 performed by Thomas Richards and Ramsay, Albera Goudet, Vincent Yogis at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 10 August 1943
00:05:21 - [Gavelston Rose]
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 360 at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 1943
00:08:07 - Bonny Wee Thing
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 361 performed by Margaret King at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Bonny wee thing, canny wee thing — 27 August 1943
00:08:51 - I Have a Dream of You
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 362 performed by Cora Campbell and Stoker Del Rogers at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 12 August 1943
Deep In My Heart
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 363 performed by Cora Campbell and Stoker Del Rogers, S.B.A. Francis Johns at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 12 August 1943
00:12:58 - Hats Off to the Navy
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 364 performed by Cora Campbell and Stoker Del Rogers, S.B.A. Francis Johns, Bernard Berlin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 12 August 1943
00:15:10 - We'll Go to the Best Places
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 365 performed by Cora Campbell and Stoker Del Rogers, S.B.A. Francis Johns, Bernard Berlin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 12 August 1943
00:16:08 - Here I Am In Love Again
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 366 performed by Cora Campbell and Stoker Del Rogers, S.B.A. Francis Johns, Bernard Berlin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 12 August 1943
00:17:25 - O Canada
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 367 performed by  District Depot Band at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 15 August 1943
00:19:24 - The Rosary
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 368 performed by  District Depot Band at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 15 August 1943
00:22:10 - Liberty Bell
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 369 performed by  District Depot Band and Alan Brace at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 15 August 1943
00:25:36 - El Capitan
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 370 performed by  District Depot Band at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 15 August 1943
00:27:53 - I'll Give My Love An Apple
Audio Reel: 5065 Recording number: 371 performed by Mrs. Nina Bartley Finn at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: I'll give my love an apple without e'er a core — 29 August 1943

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Audio Reel 5065

Read Helen Creighton's recording notes along with archival documentation related to these audio recordings: Mf289-75 PDF Mf289-76 PDF

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