Nova Scotia Archives

Helen Creighton: Folklife

Sound Recordings

Audio Reels

At the center of Helen Creighton’s work was her process of collecting audio recordings. In this section of the resource you can experience everything from local anecdotes to music hall jam sessions. To support these recordings, collector’s notes from Helen and her researchers, as well as added information from the processing archivist have been provided.


Audio Reel 5149

Includes recording number: 1214 Everybody's Scared of Dolan; 1215 Testing The Cows; 1216 Erin's Green Shore; 1217 Early Early In The Spring; 1218 Farmer's Curst Wife; 1219 Grandmother's Advice; 1220 Banks of Newfoundland; 1221 Hind Horn; 1222 Break the News to Mother listen for more...


Audio Reel 5150

Includes recording number: 1225 Captain Wedderburn's Courtship; 1226 On A Lonely Isle; 1227 Balm o' Gilead; 1228 Drowsy Sleeper (Willie); 1229 Rosy In The Garden; 1230 Brother James; 1231 Scotland's Burning; 1232 Row Row Row Your Boat; 1233 Fallen Leaf listen for more...


Audio Reel 5151

Includes recording number: 1241 Old Man (Billy Modicks); 1242 False Knight Upon the Road; 1243 Story; 1244 Story; 1245 Recitation of poem about Helen Creighton; 1246 Come All Ye Jolly Jokers; 1247 Song of Baccaro; 1248 Girl I Left Behind; 1249 Fred Hopkins and His Truck listen for more...


Audio Reel 5152

Includes recording number: 1255 banquet celebrating the causeway between Cape Sable Island and the mainland of NS listen for more...


Audio Reel 5153

Includes recording number: 1256; 1257 Banks of Sacremento; 1258; 1259; 1260; 1261; 1262; 1263; 1264 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5154

Includes recording number: 1271; 1272; 1273; 1274 Knickerboker Line; 1275; 1276 Lord Bateman; 1277; 1278 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5155

Includes recording number: 1279 Here Comes A Duke A-Riding; 1280 London Bridge; 1281 Here We Come Gathering Nuts In May; 1282 Grand Old Duke of York; 1283 Drop The Handkerchief; 1284 Jenny Crack Corn; 1285 Little Sally Saucer; 1286 Farmer's in the Dell; 1287 Swinging in the Lane listen for more...


Audio Reel 5156

Includes recording number: 1300; 1301; 1302; 1303; 1304; 1305; 1306; 1307 Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; 1308 Barbery Allan listen for more...


Audio Reel 5157

Includes recording number: 1313 Une Perdriole; 1314 Catherine etait Fille; 1315 Sinking of the 'Vestris' (The Sailing of the 'Vestris'); 1316 Heroes of the 'Vestris'; 1317 Knoxville Girl; 1318 George Collins; 1319 Blue-field Murder; 1320; 1321 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5158

Includes recording number: 1323; 1324; 1325; 1326 James Conroy the Farmer; 1327 Isle of Mann Shore; 1328 Alphabet Song [Lumberman's Song]; 1329 Last Tuesday Evening; 1330 Woods Song; 1331 Down in Digby listen for more...


Audio Reel 5159

Includes recording number: 1335 Babes In The Wood; 1336; 1337 Lion's Den (The Maiden's Courtship); 1338 Willie Taylor; 1339 Frog and the Mouse; 1340 Paddy listen for more...


Audio Reel 5160

Includes recording number: 1341; 1342; 1343; 1344; 1345; 1346; 1347; 1348; 1349 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5162

Includes recording number: 1358 Tom Cornealy; 1359 Broom's Brook; 1360 Minnie Mac, The; 1361 Captain Conrod; 1362 Puppy Swiles; 1363 Schooner 'Mary Jane', The -re citation listen for more...


Audio Reel 5163

Includes recording number: 1364 Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin; 1365 Instrumental, Harmonica; 1366 Instrumental, Harmonica (round waltz); 1367 Bonnie House o'Airlie; 1368 Pirate Song (fragment); 1369 I'm Going to Get Married (I'm Going to Be Married); 1370 Instrumental, Harmonica; 1371 Miller; 1372 John Riley listen for more...


Audio Reel 5164

Includes recording number: 1375 Broken Ring Song; 1376 Come All Ye Old Comrades; 1377 Wild Man of Borneo; 1378 Tree in the Bog; 1379 Old Mickey Brannigan's Pup; 1380 Gay Spanish Maid; 1381 Gallant Brigantine; 1382 Holding the Bear (tall tale); 1383 The Ram Rod; The Big Potato (2 tall tales) listen for more...


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Interested in a particular style of folk song or type of story? Helen often assigned a genre term to her recordings. Choose a genre below to listen.

Interested in recordings in a particular language? Helen recorded people singing and speaking in multiple languages. Language terms were assigned by Creighton herself. Choose a language below to listen:

Interested in recordings with a particular instrument? Helen recorded people playing and signing with multiple instruments. Instrument solos and/or accompaniment were assigned by Creighton herself. Choose an instrument below to listen:

               

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