Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5090

Blow The Man Down

00:00:03 - Last Neet (The New Pollis) Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 636 performed by E.O. Stockman at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: O they tould us at the stashun as wes gan te hev a treat — 21 March 1944
00:02:42 - Hail Caledonia Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 637 performed by Robert Donaldson at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 21 March 1944
00:04:30 - Johnny Come Down To Hilo Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 638 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I nebber seen the like since I been born — 21 March 1944
00:05:03 - I Belong to Glasgow Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 639 performed by Robert Donaldson at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 21 March 1944
00:07:34 - Boney Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 640 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Boney was a warrior away ay yah — 21 March 1944
00:08:51 - Johnny Bowker Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 641 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Do my Johnny Bowker, come rock and roll me over — 21 March 1944
00:10:05 - Drunken Sailor Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 642 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: What shall we do with the drunken sailor — 21 March 1944
Blow The Man Down Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 643 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Oh blow the man down bullies — 21 March 1944
00:13:45 - Shenandoah Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 644 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Oh Shenandoah I long to hear you — 21 March 1944
00:17:40 - Sally Brown Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 645 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Sally Brown she's a bright mulatter — 21 March 1944
00:18:44 - Whisky Johnny Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 646 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Whiskey is the life of man — 21 March 1944
00:20:43 - Rose of Tralee Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 647 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 21 March 1944
00:23:30 - Carnival week in Newcastle Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 648 performed by Robert Donaldson at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — 21 March 1944
00:25:03 - Oh! Leuk a' the Sowljor Audio Reel: 5090 Recording number: 649 performed by Vincent McGuckin at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Noo lads Aa've gyen an' listed — 21 March 1944

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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: Mf289-125 PDF Mf289-126 PDF