Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Helen Creighton Audio Reel 5895

Birdie Tell (Shere Are You Going Pretty Bird)

00:16:23 - Jam At Gerry's Rocks, The Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3556 performed by Augustine MacDonald at North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: It was on a Sunday morning in the springtime of the year — June 1958
00:00:04 - Ghost Story, Woman in Whitw Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3564 performed by Augustine MacDonald at North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — June 1958
00:00:17 - My Cape Breton Home Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3565 performed by Augustine MacDonald at North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Round the home of my childhood my memories cling — June 1958
00:09:06 - Mary Hamilton Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3567 performed by Augustine MacDonald at North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: Last night there were four Maries, — June 1958
Birdie Tell (Shere Are You Going Pretty Bird) Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3568 performed by Augustine MacDonald at North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: 'O where are are you going to, Birdie tell? — June 1958
00:13:11 - [Song about McOdrum] sung in gaelic Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3569 performed by Alex Morrison at Marion Bridge — June 1958
00:17:49 - Bonny Bunch of Roses O Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3570 performed by Augustine MacDonald at North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: By the borders of the ocean — June 1958
00:21:52 - We're the Boys Behind the Guns Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3571 performed by Augustine MacDonald at North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia first line of lyric: We're the boys behind the guns — June 1958
00:26:55 - Girl that Lost Her Gaelic, The (sung in gaelic) Audio Reel: 5895 Recording number: 3572 performed by Augustine MacDonald at North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — June 1958

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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: Mf289-753 PDF Mf289-754 PDF