Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5740

The Blackbird and the Bluebird

00:00:03 - Gypsy Laddie Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2669 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: The landlord he came home at night — September 1954
00:01:37 - John King Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2670 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: She swore by her thraw — September 1954
00:02:38 - Blackwater Side, The Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2671 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: It is true I have no farm — September 1954
00:03:56 - My Youthful Days Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2672 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: My youthful days I freely wasted — September 1954
00:04:41 - Daniel O'Connell Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2673 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and four — September 1954
00:05:31 - Morrissey and the Black Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2674 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: Morrissey jumped in the ring like a bear — September 1954
00:06:10 - Young Tyler Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2675 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: You little undersized man — September 1954
00:07:10 - She's Like The Swan Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2676 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: She's like the swan that swims on the ocean — September 1954
00:08:13 - My Mary Ann Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2677 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: We sailed away for foreign parts — September 1954
00:09:09 - Spanish Shore, The Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2678 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: Now to conclude and finish — September 1954
00:10:27 - Mantle So Green Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2679 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: As I went out walking one morning in June — September 1954
00:17:43 - Flowers of Edinburgh Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2680 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick — September 1954
00:17:51 - Dance Tune Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2681 performed by Jack Layden at Elgin, New Brunswick — September 1954
The Blackbird and the Bluebird Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2682 performed by Jack Layden at Elgin, New Brunswick — September 1954
00:21:22 - Dance Tune Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2683 performed by Jack Layden at Elgin, New Brunswick — September 1954
00:24:28 - I Got a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2684 performed by Jack Layden at Elgin, New Brunswick — September 1954
00:25:07 - Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2685 performed by Nellie Dunfield at Elgin, New Brunswick — September 1954
00:25:48 - Dick Darlin The Cobbler Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2686 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: My name is Dick Darlin the Cobbler — September 1954
00:27:20 - Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2687 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: He hung the proud sheriff — September 1954
00:26:36 - My Good Looking Man Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2688 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: If you should have a husband — September 1954
00:30:42 - Dan Donnelly Audio Reel: 5740 Recording number: 2689 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: Oh Dan my boyfriend what can you mean — September 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: Mf289-568 PDF Mf289-569 PDF