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Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5447
Dying Soldier
00:00:10 - Lord Bateman
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2027 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Lord Bateman was a noble lord — May 1952
00:01:46 - I Once Had A Duck
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2028 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: I once had a duck when I lived in the muck — May 1952
00:03:51 - Gypsy Laddie
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2029 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: I have not left my house nor my home — May 1952
00:05:45 - Rock a Bye Baby
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2030 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Rock a bye baby all on the treetop — May 1952
00:06:45 - Geordie
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2031 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: As I walked over London bridge — May 1952
00:09:45 - In The Late Evening Dew
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2032 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: In fair London city a place of renown — May 1952
00:12:16 - Farmer's Curst Wife
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2033 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: There was an old farmer lived under a hill — May 1952
00:14:35 - Brennan on the Moor
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2034 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: It's of a highway robber a story I will tell — May 1952
00:19:47 - California Brothers
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2035 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Lie up nearer brother nearer — May 1952
00:25:17 - He's Young But He's Daily A-Growing
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2036 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: The leaves they are green and the trees they are tall — May 1952
Dying Soldier
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2037 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: The sun was sinking in the west — May 1952
00:30:20 - Bonny House o' Airlie
Audio Reel: 5447 Recording number: 2038 performed by Mrs. Edward Gallagher at Chebucto Head, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Lady Ogilvie looked over the castle wall — July 1952

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Audio Reel 5447

Read Helen Creighton's recording notes along with archival documentation related to these audio recordings: Mf289-424 PDF Mf289-425 PDF

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