Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5167

Madam, Madam You Came Courting

00:00:03 - Drunkard's Dream Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1404 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — September 19, 1949
00:03:01 - Captain Wedderburn's Courtship Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1405 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As two young lords of Ireland — September 19, 1949
00:05:07 - I'm Seventeen Come Sunday Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1406 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: How old are you my pretty fair maid — September 19, 1949
00:05:54 - Baffled Knight Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1407 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: It's of a shepherd's laddie — September 19, 1949
00:12:14 - Crockery Ware Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1408 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: A young man in Worcester town did dwell.. — September 19, 1949
00:15:45 - Suffolk Miracle (Holland Handkerchief) Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1409 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: There was a squire lived in this town — September 19, 1949
00:20:28 - Ghostly Sailors Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1410 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: You may all smile if you want to — September 19, 1949
00:25:35 - Drunkard's Song Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1411 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — September 19, 1949
Madam, Madam You Came Courting Audio Reel: 5167 Recording number: 1412 performed by William Gilkie at Sambro, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Madam, madam you came courting — September 19, 1949

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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: Mf289-277 PDF Mf289-278 PDF