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 5165

Includes recording number: 1388 Gypsie Davy (Gypsy Laddie); 1389 Gaberlunyie Man; 1390 Bonnie House o'Airlie; 1391 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Little Moth Grone); 1392 Fisherman and His Child; 1393 Plug McCarthy; 1394 Katherine Jaffray; 1395 Old Man and Woman (Marrow Bones); 1396 Young Edmund Who Ploughed the Lowlands Low (Young Edmund of the Lowlands Low) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5166

Includes recording number: 1400; 1401; 1402 Sweet Jenny on the Moor; 1403 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Little Moth Grone) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5167

Includes recording number: 1404 Drunkard's Dream; 1405 Captain Wedderburn's Courtship; 1406 I'm Seventeen Come Sunday; 1407 Baffled Knight; 1408 Crockery Ware; 1409 Suffolk Miracle (Holland Handkerchief); 1410 Ghostly Sailors; 1411 Drunkard's Song; 1412 Madam, Madam You Came Courting listen for more...


Audio Reel 5168

Includes recording number: 1413 Terrance Bay song; 1414 Murder of Miss Vail; 1415 Carrion Corw; 1416 Wife of a Soldier; 1417 Pretty Polly; 1418 Bailiff's Daughter (Bellyer's Daughter); 1419 Her Masts Were Made of Amber; 1420 Pope's Harbor Song (McCarthy's Song) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5169

Includes recording number: 1421 Pretty Nancy of London; 1422 When Barney Flew Over the Hills; 1423 Grey Cock; 1424 It Was On The Day; 1425 Come All My Dear Comrades; 1426 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5170

Includes recording number: 1427 Franklin and His Bold Crew; 1428 Lord Bateman; 1429 Rose of Dunmore; 1430 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5171

Includes recording number: 1431 Jack The Sailor; 1432 Edward Quinn's Old Cow; 1433 Bridget Donahue; 1434 Pat Malone Forgot That He Was Dead; 1435 Scoundrel; 1436 Come All You Boxers; 1437 It's of a High and a Dandy Man; 1438 Lots of Fish in Boniface Harbour; 1439 Temperence song listen for more...


Audio Reel 5172

Includes recording number: 1442 Thomas Cat; 1443 song not folk - erased; 1444 Boatswain Call the Watch; 1445; 1446 Rolling River; 1447 Poor Old Man; 1448 Rio Grande listen for more...


Audio Reel 5173

Includes recording number: 1449 Sailor's Grave; 1450 Wreck of 'The Atlantic'; 1451 Flying Cloud, The; 1452 Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; 1453; 1454 Mary Hamilton; 1455 Jock o' Hazledean; 1456 Mistletoe Bough; 1457 Le Petite Navire listen for more...


Audio Reel 5174

Includes recording number: 1469 Jam At Gerry's Rock; 1470 Kafoozalum; 1471 Old Kitchen Kettle; 1472 Down In The Cane Brake; 1473 Who Threw the Overalls?; 1474 Phil The Fluter's Ball; 1475 Boy, His Name Was Kelly, A; 1476 Golden Vanity; 1477 We'll Rant and We'll Roar (Spanish Ladies) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5175

Includes recording number: 1488; 1489; 1490 Grand Old Duke of York; 1491 Down In The Valley; 1492 One, Two, Three O'Leary; 1493 Bluebird Bluebird; 1494 Rattlesnake; 1495 Rain Rain The Wind Does Blow; 1496 In Dublin City listen for more...


Audio Reel 5176

Includes recording number: 1500; 1501; 1502 Peggy's Cove Song; 1503 Marriage of Patterson; 1504 Green Gravel; 1505 Rain, Rain, The Wind Does Blow; 1506 Sally Go Round The Moon; 1507; 1508 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5177

Includes recording number: 1519 Loss of 'The Forest Belle'; 1520 Flying Cloud, The; 1521 I Have A Ninepence; 1522 Whisky For My Johnny; 1523; 1524 Sailor's Grave; 1525 Harbour Grace; 1526 Dreadnaught, The; 1527 Tell The Old Man listen for more...


Audio Reel 5178

Includes recording number: 1528 Maid of the Mountain Brow; 1529 Paisley Officer (In Bright and Bonny Scotland); 1530 Oyster Girl; 1531 O Mary, Mary, Mary One Day; 1532 Temperance Song; 1533 Nova Scotia Song; 1534 Ship's Maiden Voyage; 1535 Lumberman's Alphabet Song; 1536 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5179

Includes recording number: 1538; 1539; 1540 Charming Young Widow I Met On The Train 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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