Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5876

Green Broom

00:00:03 - Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3407 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — July 1957
00:02:43 - I'm A Bonny Scotch Lassie Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3408 performed by Ruth Metcalfe at Louisbourg, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: I'm a bonny Scotch lassie, my name is Jane, — July 1957
00:05:42 - I Am A Jolly Sailor Lad Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3409 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — 1957
Green Broom Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3410 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — 1957
00:07:03 - Lovely Willie Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3411 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — 1957
00:07:32 - Old Volunteer, The Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3412 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — 1957
00:08:10 - Brig Harmony, The Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3413 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — 1957
00:08:47 - Boys of Bristol, The Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3414 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — 1957
00:10:08 - My Bonny Young Irish Boy Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3415 performed by Fred Marsh at New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — Jul-57
00:13:30 - Marrow Bones Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3416 performed by Fred Marsh at New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — July 1957
00:15:42 - Broken Ring (Seven Years I Loved A Sailor), The Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3417 performed by Fred Marsh at New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — July 1957
00:18:55 - Gloucester Fishermen, The Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3418 performed by Fred Marsh at New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — July 1957
00:23:52 - Molly Malone Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3419 performed by Ruth Metcalfe at Louisbourg, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: 'Is your mother in Molly Malone?' — July 1957
00:24:30 - Loss of the Cien Fougeious, The Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3420 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: July the nineteeth I'll never forget, — July 1957
00:26:55 - Trimmy Down on the Big Soal Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3421 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Come listen to me, oh Lord bless my soul, — July 1957
00:29:15 - Opening of the Canso Causeway Audio Reel: 5876 Recording number: 3422 performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: We heard the pipers coming from the hills and from the glens, — July 1957

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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: Mf289-717 PDF Mf289-718 PDF