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Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5173

Derby Ram

00:00:03 - Sailor's Grave Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1449 performed by Charlie Harnish at Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Our barque was far far from the land — June 1950
00:02:47 - Wreck of 'The Atlantic' Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1450 performed by Charlie Harnish at Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Come all ye Christian people and listen unto me — June 1950
00:05:47 - Flying Cloud, The Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1451 performed by Charlie Harnish at Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: When I was young and innocent — June 1950
00:07:00 - Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1452 performed by Mrs. Charlie Harnish at Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Take off, take off those silken gowns — June 1950
00:08:12 - Customs and dialect Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1453 performed by Mona Wolfe at Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia — June 1950
00:10:40 - Mary Hamilton Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1454 performed by Marguerite Letson at Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Yestreen the queen had four Maries — June 1950
00:12:39 - Jock o' Hazledean Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1455 performed by Marguerite Letson at Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Why weep ye by the tide lady — June 1950
00:14:30 - Mistletoe Bough Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1456 performed by Marguerite Letson at Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: The mistletoe hung on the castle wall — June 1950
00:16:36 - Le Petite Navire Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1457 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Il etait un petite navire — June 1950
00:19:32 - Le Bon Vin M'endort Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1458 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Passant par Paris, buvant le botteille-e — June 1950
00:21:14 - Rolles to Bosse Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1459 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Il y a rien plus drole a voir — June 1950
00:21:48 - En Rouland Ma Boule Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1460 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Derriere de chez nous il y a un etang — June 1950
00:22:39 - Preacher and the Sailor Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1461 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Oh the preacher and the sailor went walking one day — June 1950
00:23:36 - Little Mohee Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1462 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I went a-walking one morning in May — June 1950
00:25:02 - Over The Meadow Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1463 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Over the meadow and over the moor — June 1950
Derby Ram Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1464 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Oh the tail on the ram sir it measured a mile and a half — June 1950
00:26:45 - Long Peggin' Awl Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1465 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Come all you pretty school ma'ams — June 1950
00:27:27 - Are You Going To Wittingham Fair? Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1466 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Are you going to Wittingham fair — June 1950
00:28:27 - One-Eyed Riley Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1467 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I was going down the road — June 1950
00:29:09 - (insult song in French) Audio Reel: 5173 Recording number: 1468 performed by James Lewin at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — June 1950

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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: Mf289-288 PDF Mf289-289 PDF