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 5345

Includes recording number: 1797 Brave Volunteer; 1798 As I Walked Out; 1799 My Faithful Sailor Boy; 1800 Miller's Lonely Daughter; 1801 Kissing Song; 1802 Johnny Doyle; 1803 Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight; 1804 Wild Irishman; 1805 Miller and His Three Sons, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5346

Includes recording number: 1806 Marriage of Patterson; 1807 She's A Sweet Little Dude; 1808 Brian O'Lynn; 1809 Billy Boy; 1810 On The Twenty-First of May; 1811 Garrison's Hill; 1812 Piggy Tailey; 1813 Deserter; 1814 I Died My Petticoat Red listen for more...


Audio Reel 5347

Includes recording number: 1817 Peter Emberley; 1818 Erin's Lovely Home; 1819 In Rogersville City; 1820 Old Erin Far Away; 1821 Mountains of Mourne listen for more...


Audio Reel 5348

Includes recording number: 1822; 1823 Benjamin Dean; 1824 Farmer's Boy; 1825 Bound Down To Newfoundland listen for more...


Audio Reel 5349

Includes recording number: 1826 Farmer's Son and the Shanty Boy; 1827; 1828 Harry Dunn; 1829; 1830 Flat River Girl; 1831 In Canso Strait; 1832 Bold 'Princess Royal'; 1833 Bold 'Princess Royal'; 1834 On The Banks of Brandywine listen for more...


Audio Reel 5350

Includes recording number: 1836 Babes in the Wood; 1837 Billy the Weaver; 1838 Lunenburg Fleet; 1839 Blackbird; 1840 Marrow Bones; 1841 Ship's Carpenter listen for more...


Audio Reel 5351

Includes recording number: 1842 Plains of Waterloo; 1843 Bonny Bunch of Roses O; 1844 Good Old State of Maine; 1845 Shantyman's Life; 1846 Down By The Fair River; 1847 Stormy Seas of Winter; 1848 Chezzetcook Song; 1849 Honest Working Man; 1850 Silvery Tide listen for more...


Audio Reel 5352

Includes recording number: 1853 Little Martha Grove; 1854 Balaclava; 1855 Belvedere; 1856 Cape Breton Murder; 1857 Quays of Belfast; 1858 In Cupid's Court; 1859 Peggy Gordon listen for more...


Audio Reel 5353

Includes recording number: 1860 Peggy Gordon; 1863 Sailor's Alphabet Song; 1864 Three English Rovers; 1865 On Board of the 'Victory'; 1866 Jovial Young Sailor; 1867 Peggy Bourne listen for more...


Audio Reel 5354

Includes recording number: 1868 Banks of the Nile; 1869 Rocks of Scilly; 1870 Bonny Bunch of Roses O; 1871 Brown Girl; 1872 Rocks of Scilly; 1873 I'm a Stranger in this Counteree; 1874 Jessie Munro; 1875 Banks of Dundee listen for more...


Audio Reel 5355

Includes recording number: 1876 Battle of Alma; 1877 Lannigan's Ball; 1878 Koko Sho Long; 1879 Southerly Wind; 1880 Horsies To The Fair; 1881 Green Gravel; 1882 Twelve Apostles; 1883 Sailor's Life; 1884 Twelve Apostles listen for more...


Audio Reel 5356

Includes recording number: 1885 A-Swinging In The Lane; 1886 'Cumberland's' Crew; 1887; 1888 Harbour Grace (sung and diddled); 1889 Whack Fol The Lorem (sung and diddled); 1890 Erin's Green Shore; 1891 Preacher and the Bear; 1892 When Barney Flew Over the Hills; 1893 Bonny Labouring Boy listen for more...


Audio Reel 5357

Includes recording number: 1894 Black-Eyed Susan; 1895 Michigan-i-o; 1896 Morrissey and the Black; 1897 Banks of Newfoundland; 1898 As I Wandered By the Brookside; 1899 Italian Girl listen for more...


Audio Reel 5358

Includes recording number: 1900 Lost Jimmy Whalen; 1901 Stormy Winds of Winter; 1902 Jolly Miner; 1903 John Anderson, My Jo, John; 1904 Queen of my Heart; 1905 Irish Girl; 1906 Why Don't My Father's Ship Come In? listen for more...


Audio Reel 5359

Includes recording number: 1907; 1907 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:

               

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