Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5341

Fear a Bhata (English and Gaelic)

00:00:04 - [Mo run dileas (I was Boarding)] Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1731 — 1951
00:01:03 - [Unidentified dance tune] Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1732 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I was working in the Sydney coal mines — June 1951
00:04:46 - Fear a bhata Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1733 — 1951
Fear a Bhata (English and Gaelic) Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1734 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: My lover promised to buy his lady — June 1951
00:06:40 - Lord Randal Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1735 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Oh where have ye been to Lord Randal my son — June 1951
00:07:52 - Donald From Bras d'Or Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1736 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: When Donald get to Boston he buy a suit of clothes — June 1951
00:09:32 - Sunny Slios a'bhronachain (English and Gaelic) Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1737 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Over on the southern shore — June 1951
00:12:05 - Windy Weather Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1738 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Up came the whale with his slippery tail — June 1951
00:14:05 - I Wish I Was Single Again Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1739 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: My wife took a fever oh then — June 1951
00:16:00 - Our Goodman Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1740 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: O home came our goodman at e'en and home came he — June 1951
00:17:30 - Vesper Bells Remotely Ringing Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1741 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Vesper bells remotely ringing — June 1951
00:18:14 - What I Care Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1742 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: What I care for your gold and silver — June 1951
00:18:29 - Yankee Liner Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1743 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Sunday morning it being calm — June 1951
00:18:54 - Gypsy Davy Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1744 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Last night I spend in a fine feather bed — June 1951
00:19:0 - When Will Ye Gang Awa' Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1745 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Go home to your wife and bairnies three — June 1951
00:19:50 - It Was Early In The Morning Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1746 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: It was early in the morning — June 1951
00:21:05 - Barbery Allen Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1747 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In Scarlet town where I was born — June 1951
00:23:20 - Away We Go To Miramichi Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1748 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Away we go to Miramichi — June 1951
00:24:00 - Whisky Johnny Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1749 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Whisky is the life of man — June 1951
00:25:05 - Hector Hector Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1750 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Hector Hector came down from Pictou — June 1951
00:25:55 - Wreck of the 'Cariboo' Audio Reel: 5341 Recording number: 1751 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: A little light on the waterfront — June 1951

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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: Mf289-355 PDF Mf289-356 PDF