Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5741

00:00:04 - City of Baltimore Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2690 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick — September 1954
00:01:50 - I Will Sail the Salt Seas Over Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2691 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: I will sail the salt seas over — September 1954
00:02:35 - Weaver is Better, A Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2692 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: O love do not slight me — September 1954
00:03:18 - Wexford Girl, The Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2693 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: My name is Edward Gallovan, — September 1954
00:09:10 - Irish Jubilee, The Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2694 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: A short time ago boys an Irishman named Doherty — September 1954
00:13:42 - Wedding At Ballyporeen, The Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2695 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick — September 1954
00:15:20 - After Dinner Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2696 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: After dinner of course they were speakin' — September 1954
00:15:50 - Father, Father, the Worst of Men Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2697 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: O father, father, the worst of men — September 1954
00:16:18 - Roving Journeyman, The Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2698 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: When I arrived at Carlow — September 1954
00:17:18 - Franklin and His Bold Crew Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2699 performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: O were you ever at the North Pole — September 1954
00:18:21 - Pretty Susan Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2700 performed by W.E. Ireland at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: When first from sea I landed I had a roving mind, — September 1954
00:22:18 - Yon Green Vallee Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2701 performed by W.E. Ireland at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: When first my darling came a-courting me — September 1954
00:26:42 - Lonely Belvedere Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2702 performed by W.E. Ireland at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: Now as I walked out one evening — September 1954
00:27:36 - Most Unconstant of Young Men, The Audio Reel: 5741 Recording number: 2703 performed by W.E. Ireland at Elgin, New Brunswick first line of lyric: 'You are the most unconstant of young men — 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: Mf289-570 PDF Mf289-571 PDF