Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5714

Down By the Shannon Side

00:00:03 - Time To Be Made A Wife Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2598 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I walked out one evening — September 1954
00:00:38 - Gallows Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2599 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I courted as fair and as fine a young man — September 1954
00:05:00 - I Courted a Pretty Girl Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2600 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I courted a pretty girl manys a long day — September 1954
Down By the Shannon Side Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2601 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: One morning in April, one morning by the dawn — September 1954
00:12:35 - Love o'God Razor Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2602 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I stepped in a city not far from the spot — September 1954
00:15:15 - Carrion Crow Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2603 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: A kangaroo sat on a stump — September 1954
00:17:35 - To Toss and Dry His Hay Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2604 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I rode out one evening — September 1954
00:18:24 - Lookie Loo Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2605 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Here we go Lookie Loo — September 1954
00:19:52 - Broken Ring Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2606 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: A maid walked all in her garden — September 1954
00:21:00 - Banks of Sweet Dundee Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2607 performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In London lived a lady her parents loved full well — September 1954
00:22:30 - Quadrille Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2608 performed by Will McQueen at Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: The First two ladies cross over — August 1954
00:23:02 - I'm Going Back to Cork Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2609 performed by Will McQueen at Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia — August 1954
00:25:08 - Don't Send My Boy to Prison Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2610 performed by Will McQueen at Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I strolled in a courthouse not many miles from here — August 1954
00:00:04 - Strawberry Roan Audio Reel: 5714 Recording number: 2611 performed by Will McQueen at Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia — 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: Mf289-552 PDF Mf289-553 PDF