Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5713

West Side Gals

00:00:04 - Young Shepherd Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2586 performed by Matthew McKay at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: There were a young shepherd kept sheep on a hill — August 1954
00:05:45 - Jack Timmins Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2587 performed by Matthew McKay at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: My name is Jack Timmins, I'm a Cape Breton boy — August 1954
West Side Gals Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2588 performed by Bernard Stevens at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: On a Saturday evening when we all get our pay — August 1954
00:08:52 - Time To Be Made A Wife Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2589 performed by Matthew McKay at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I rode out one evening all in the month of May — August 1954
00:12:29 - There's No Place Like Home Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2590 performed by James Coolen at North West Cove, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: O when you get a little bit full — August 1954
00:13:10 - Come All You Young Fellows That Ramble Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2591 performed by Ned McKay at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Come all you young fellows that rambles — August 1954
00:16:03 - Birchen Canoe Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2592 performed by Everett Blexand at Clam Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: The sun was just shedding its last golden rays — September 1954
00:20:12 - Little Harbour Song Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2593 performed by Doug Keating at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In nineteen and forty it happened that year — August 1954
00:22:03 - Mary McGuire Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2594 at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia — August 1954
00:24:50 - Johnie Scot (Child 99) Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2595 performed by Mrs. H.H. Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Lord Johnie Scot to the greenwood side — August 1954
00:26:36 - I West Unto My Master's House Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2596 performed by Mrs. H.H. Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I went unto my master's house — August 1954
00:29:54 - Johnny Riley Audio Reel: 5713 Recording number: 2597 performed by Mrs. H.H. Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: John Riley was a fisherman — August 1954

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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: Mf289-550 PDF Mf289-551 PDF