Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5178

Oyster Girl

00:00:06 - Maid of the Mountain Brow Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1528 performed by John Obe Smith at Glen Haven, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Come all you lads and lasses, come listen to my song — June 1950
00:02:18 - Paisley Officer (In Bright and Bonny Scotland) Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1529 performed by John Obe Smith at Glen Haven, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In bright and bonny Scotland — June 1950
Oyster Girl Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1530 performed by John Obe Smith at Glen Haven, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I was a-walking up fair London street — June 1950
00:08:37 - O Mary, Mary, Mary One Day Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1531 performed by John Obe Smith at Glen Haven, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: O Mary, Mary, Mary one day — June 1950
00:10:11 - Temperance Song Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1532 performed by John Obe Smith at Glen Haven, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Yes we in those principals join — June 1950
00:11:36 - Nova Scotia Song Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1533 performed by Oliver Hubley at Seabright, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: The sun was setting in the west — July 1950
00:14:13 - Ship's Maiden Voyage Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1534 performed by Oliver Hubley at Seabright, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Come listen awhile and a story I'll tell — July 1950
00:17:17 - Lumberman's Alphabet Song Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1535 performed by Oliver Hubley at Seabright, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: A is for axes you very well know — July 1950
00:23:58 - I Want to Go To Morrow Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1536 performed by Barry Sparrow at Seabright, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — July 1950
00:26:48 - Dictionary Song (My Coloroo) Audio Reel: 5178 Recording number: 1537 performed by Mrs. Samuel Boutilier at Collishaw's Point, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I rode out one fine summer's morning — July 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: Mf289-299 PDF Mf289-300 PDF