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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 5180

Includes recording number: 1541 Pirate Song; 1542 Sealing Song; 1543 Gooseberry Pie; 1544 Since Love Can Enter An Iron Door; 1545 Once I Had A Girl; 1546 Handsome Cabin Boy; 1547 There's A Pretty Little Maiden listen for more...


Audio Reel 5181

Includes recording number: 1548 My Song Is Of A Soldier; 1549 Silvery Tide; 1550 Flemmings of Torbay listen for more...


Audio Reel 5182

Includes recording number: 1551 Peter Emberley; 1552 City of Boston; 1553 Outward Bound; 1554 Moonlight To-Night Boys; 1555 Sally Around the Corner O; 1556 Sally Ann; 1557 Waterfall; 1558 Stately 'Southerner' (Paul Jones) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5183

Includes recording number: 1559 City of Baltimore; 1560 Captian Kidd; 1561; 1562 Willie; 1563 When Women Were Created; 1564 James McDonald listen for more...


Audio Reel 5184

Includes recording number: 1565 Pat Murphy; 1566 Since Love Can Enter An Iron Door; 1567 Sweet Florella; 1568 Battle of Waterloo; 1569 Slavery Song; 1570 Fox; 1571 Jolly Ploughboy; 1572 Charles G. Anderson; 1573 She's A Sweet Little Dude listen for more...


Audio Reel 5185

Includes recording number: 1575 Quays of Belfast; 1576 Molly Munro; 1577 Bold 'Princess Royal'; 1578 Little Log Cabin; 1579 Saladin Mutiny; 1580 Isle of Santa Cruz; 1581 Schooner 'Hesperus'; 1582 Watercress Song listen for more...


Audio Reel 5186

Includes recording number: 1583 Quays of Belfast; 1584 Drunkard; 1585 Dark-Eyed Sailor; 1586 Sailor's Alphabet Song; 1587 Bold 'Princess Royal' (The 'Prince of Royal'; 1588 In Canso Strait listen for more...


Audio Reel 5187

Includes recording number: 1589 Braes of Strathblane; 1590 Mill At The Narrows; 1591 Dreadful Ghost; 1592 Sailor's Alphabet Song; 1593; 1594 I'm Seventy-Two To-Day Boys; 1595 When I Was A Laddie; 1596 Moose song; 1597 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5188

Includes recording number: 1598; 1599 To Mr. G.U. Macumber; 1600 Courting Is A Pleasure; 1601 Mary L. MacKay, The; 1602 Cedar Grove; 1603 Our Jack Came Home; 1604 I'm Sleeping in the Hammock; 1605 My Sister Mary listen for more...


Audio Reel 5189

Includes recording number: 1606 Nellie Ray; 1607 Bella Skunk; 1608 Three Men Went A-Hunting; 1609 Derby Ram; 1610 I Kissed Her; 1611 Tiger Bay; 1612 Handsome Cabin Boy; 1613 Baffled Knight (The Shepherd's Laddie); 1614 In Dawson City (Pretty Polly, or The Ship's Carpenter) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5190

Includes recording number: 1621 Lord Bateman; 1622 As Jimmy Went A-Hunting; 1623 Braking On A Train; 1624 Girl I Left Behind, The; 1625 short humorous story; 1626 humorous story / "alphabet song" ; 1627 Lass of Mohee; 1628 McCarty's Mare; 1629 Willie Was As Fine A Sailor listen for more...


Audio Reel 5191

Includes recording number: 1630 Dying Nun's Request; 1631 As The Ship Sailed Away From Old England; 1632 Brave Volunteer; 1633 Paisley Officer; 1634 Daniel Sullivan; 1635 In Canso Strait listen for more...


Audio Reel 5192

Includes recording number: 1636 Johnny Doyle; 1637 Fair Fanny Moore; 1638 Cruel Mother; 1639 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard; 1640 Keys of Canterbury; 1641 As Jimmie Went A-Hunting; 1642 In The County of Innocent listen for more...


Audio Reel 5193

Includes recording number: 1643 Flying Cloud, The; 1644 Peggy's Cove Song; 1645 It's Let Go Your Bowline; 1646 Captain Conrod; 1647 Loss of the 'Forest Belle'; 1648 Wreck of the 'John Harvey'; 1649 I'm A Roving Irishman; 1650 We Are Coming Sister Mary; 1651 Jam At Gerry's Rocks listen for more...


Audio Reel 5194

Includes recording number: 1653 Lord Bateman; 1654 Green Willow; 1655 Dear Susan; 1656 Pirate's Seranade; 1657 Franklin and His Ship's Crew (fragmented) 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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