Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5342

Fhir a' Bhata (English and Gaelic)

00:00:04 - Windy Weather Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1752 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Up came the whale with his slippery tail — June 1951
00:03:55 - Story of the Caradoc Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1753 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — June 1951
00:03:08 - Wood Used in Murder Will Not Burn Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1754 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — June 1951
00:06:42 - Treasure Hunter Disobeyed Instructions Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1755 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — June 1951
00:07:40 - Skinning His Enemy Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1756 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — June 1951
00:10:30 - Cape Breton Nicknames Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1757 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — June 1951
00:11:55 - Charles Gustavus Anderson Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1758 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Charles Gustavus Anderson's my right and proper name — June 1951
00:12:35 - Wild Colonial Boy Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1759 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: He robbed the rich to help the poor — June 1951
00:12:54 - Milling Frolic Song Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1760 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Will you marry me my highland bonny lassie — June 1951
00:14:15 - On The Banks of the Clyde Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1761 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: On the banks of the Clyde stood a lad and lassie — June 1951
00:14:36 - Will Ye No Come Back Again? Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1762 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Will ye no come back again — June 1951
00:14:54 - Cowboy's Lament Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1763 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — June 1951
00:15:06 - Cowboy's Lament Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1764 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Once in the saddle I used to go dashing — June 1951
00:15:48 - Frog He Would, A Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1765 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: A frog he would a wooing go — June 1951
00:16:58 - Milling Frolic Song Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1766 performed by Mrs. D.A. Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Will you marry me my highland bonnie lassie — June 1951
Fhir a' Bhata (English and Gaelic) Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1767 performed by Mrs. D.A. Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: My lover promised to buy his lady — June 1951
00:20:25 - Sunny Slios a'bhronachain (English and Gaelic) Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1768 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Over on the southern shore — June 1951
00:21:35 - Maggie Neal, The Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1769 performed by Hugh MacLean at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: There is Klondic at the wheel — June 1951
00:22:00 - Government Store Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1770 performed by Hugh MacLean at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Come all you bold miners of New Aberdeen — June 1951
00:23:30 - On The Shores of Boularderic Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1771 performed by Hugh MacLean at Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: A little further up the line — June 1951
00:24:23 - Solidarity Forever Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1772 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn — June 1951
00:25:25 - Blood Revolution Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1773 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: If it's a socialist you would beguile — June 1951
00:25:40 - Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement Song Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1774 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In the gloom of mighty cities — June 1951
00:26:14 - Red Flag Audio Reel: 5342 Recording number: 1775 performed by Dan Livingstone at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: The workers' flag is deepest red — 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: Mf289-357 PDF Mf289-358 PDF