Nova Scotia Archives
Helen Creighton: Folklife
Sound Recordings
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 5134
Includes recording number: 1050; 1051; 1052 Bichet; 1053; 1054 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5135
Includes recording number: 1055; 1056; 1057 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5136
Includes recording number: 1058; 1059; 1060 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5137
Includes recording number: 1061; 1062; 1063; 1064 Dors, Dors, Le P'tit Bibi; 1065 Derriere Chez Nous; 1066 J'vais Vous Chanter une Petite Chanson listen for more...
Audio Reel 5138
Includes recording number: 1067; 1068; 1069; 1070 Entrez Monsieur Olivier; 1071; 1072; 1073; 1074; 1075 Bonne Sainte Vierge listen for more...
Audio Reel 5139
Includes recording number: 1078; 1080 Derriere Chu Nous (derriere chez nous); 1081 Compere le Gueere (Compere Guilleri); 1082 J'ai Fait Laver Mon Cotillon; 1083; 1084; 1085; 1086 Je Me Suis Engage; 1087 Le Nique de Lievre listen for more...
Audio Reel 5140
Includes recording number: 1089; 1090 Marie-moi; 1091 Berce Ton Petit Bebe; 1092; 1093; 1094 La Petite Mendiante; 1095 French - En haut sur la montagne; 1096 Hind Horn; 1097 Notre Grand Pere Noe listen for more...
Audio Reel 5141
Includes recording number: 1106 A La Claire Fontaine; 1107 Captain Kidd; 1108 Un Matin Me Leve; 1109 Silvery Tide; 1110 J'ai fait une maitresse; 1111 Do You See That There Bird on Yonder Tree; 1112 Dans les prisons de Nantes listen for more...
Audio Reel 5142
Includes recording number: 1113 Un Dinamche au Matin; 1114 Un Soldat Revenons de la Guerre; 1115 French - Dessus Le Pont Le Londres; 1116 Shenandoah; 1117 Le Roi de L'Angleterre; 1118 Quand j'ai parti de chez nous; 1119 Darling Dinah, Kitty, Ann, Maria; 1120 Renaud revenons de la guerre; 1121 Entre Paris et Saint Dennie listen for more...
Audio Reel 5143
Includes recording number: 1123 Javais promis dans ma jeunesse (J'avais promis des ma jeunesse); 1124 Jai un coquin de Frere (J'ai-t-un coquin de frere); 1125 Adieu Marguerite; 1126 Perroquet de mon pere; 1127 A La Claire Fontaine; 1128 Je suis delaissex son amant; 1129 Oh qui me passerait le bois; 1130 Le petit arbres damour jolie (Derriere chez nous); 1131 C'est a Paris (Chanson de Paris) listen for more...
Audio Reel 5144
Includes recording number: 1142 Homeward Bound; 1143 Hanging Johnnie; 1144 Haul Away on the Bowline; 1145 A-Roving; 1146 Sebastapool is Taken (Old England's Gained the Day); 1147 Banks of Sacramento; 1148 Santy Anna; 1149 Sandstone Girl (Sally Brown); 1150 Poor Old Man listen for more...
Audio Reel 5145
Includes recording number: 1165 Lay Out Tack Sheets and Foresail Haul; 1166 Darling Dinah Kitty Ann Maria; 1167 Dreadnaught; 1168 Old Mother Head's; 1169 Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her (Cross the Western Ocean); 1170 Sauerkraut Song; 1171 Big Five Gallon Jar; 1172 Cape Cod Line; 1173 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5146
Includes recording number: 1175 Lass of Mohee; 1176 Chippewa Stream; 1177 Blackbird; 1178 Howard Kerry; 1179 Guy Reed; 1180 Lumberman's Alphabet; 1181 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5147
Includes recording number: 1182 Schlaff Kindchen Schlaff; 1183 Es Regnet; 1184 German hunting song; 1185; 1186; 1187 Merriest Girl That's Out; 1188 There's a Young Girl Sit Down To Sleep; 1189; 1190 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5148
Includes recording number: 1196 Man Pazuda Kumelinis (I Lost My Stallion); 1197 Sita Zeni Muns Dzivoti; 1198 Mary an Sar; 1199 Me Neleme na; 1200 Mountains They Will Skip Away; 1201 Let Me In The Lifeboat; 1202 Highlanders; 1203 Pretty Little Pink; 1204 Violet and the Pink listen for more...
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: