Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5778

Ox Pulling

00:00:04 - Rum Running Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2949 at Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia — August 1955
00:01:28 - Lamkin (Lankin) Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2950 performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River first line of lyric: Lankin was as fine a manson — 1955
00:02:32 - Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2951
00:03:00 - Ox Pull on the Old Farmer's Ground, The Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2952 performed by Joe Turner at New Ross, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: O this is the place where the farmers all gather — August 25, 1955
00:13:04 - Blackbird, The Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2953 performed by Allister Armstrong at Sherwood, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I once knew a maiden whose fortune was so, — 23 June 1949
Ox Pulling Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2954 performed by Alfred Turner and James Collins at New Ross, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia — August 1955
00:20:29 - Blackbird, The Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2955 performed by Fred Redden at Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — September 1955
00:21:04 - Finvola the Gem of the Roe Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2956 performed by Fred Redden at Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In the land of O'Cahan where bleak mountains rise — September 1955
00:22:55 - Swan, The Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2957 performed by Fred Redden at Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: As I was returning home from Wexford — September 1955
00:24:35 - Country I Am Leaving Behind, The Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2958 performed by Fred Redden at Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: My barque leaves the harbour to-morrow — September 1955
00:27:14 - Flower of Sweet Strabane, The Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2959 performed by Fred Redden at Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: If I were king of Ireland — September 1955
00:29:10 - Erin Go Bragh Audio Reel: 5778 Recording number: 2960 performed by Fred Redden at Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In London one day as I walked on the street — September 1955

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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: Mf289-628 PDF Mf289-629 PDF