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Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5849

Oran Na Poite Duibhe (The Song of the Black Pot)

Oran Na Poite Duibhe (The Song of the Black Pot) Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3238 performed by Archie McMaster at Port Hastings, Inverness County, Nova Scotia — August 1956
00:02:00 - [Husband Goes to Canada] sung in gaelic Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3239 performed by Archie McMaster at Port Hastings, Inverness County, Nova Scotia — August 1956
00:07:24 - Hush A Bye, Baby Mine Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3240 performed by Lillian Williams at Mulgrave first line of lyric: Hush a bye, Hush a bye baby mine, — August 1956
00:09:37 - Ghost Story Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3241 performed by Archie McMaster at Port Hastings, Inverness County, Nova Scotia — August 1956
00:15:47 - Dr. Dan's Soiree Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3242 performed by Muriel Tucker at Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: There were Tattries, there were Tuckers, there were Thomsons and Coloneys, — August 1956
00:19:02 - Merrimac, The Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3243 performed by Capt. Charles Cates at Bedford, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: 'Twas early in the morning, just at the break of day — August 1956
00:22:15 - Bold Moffitt Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3244 performed by Capt. Charles Cates at Bedford, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: In the Bay of Mobile where the Florida did lie — August 1956
00:24:30 - Maiden Saxe Flora, A Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3245 performed by Capt. Charles Cates at Bedford, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Our cargo was fine of brandy and wine — August 1956
00:26:00 - Drimindown Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3246 performed by Capt. Charles Cates at Bedford, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: O Drimindoon lived before she was dead, — August 1956
00:28:57 - I Wonder If They'd Know Me Now Audio Reel: 5849 Recording number: 3247 performed by Capt. Charles Cates at Bedford, Halifax County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I've been from home for many the year, — August 1956

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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: Mf289-682 PDF Mf289-683 PDF