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 5360

Includes recording number: 1907 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5432

Includes recording number: 1908 Ave Maris Stella; 1909 La Chanson des Marries; 1910 Digby Murder; 1911 Je me suis delaisse et sans amant listen for more...


Audio Reel 5433

Includes recording number: 1912 Eliza Jane; 1913 Complainte du Juif Errant; 1914 Complainte sur le Voyage du Brig 'Vinallia'; 1915 Ecrivez Moi; 1916 La Bella Rosa du Rosier Blanc; 1917 Chanson Sur la Mort du Dauphin; 1918 Quand Byron Entre dans Paris; 1919; 1920 When First To This Country listen for more...


Audio Reel 5434

Includes recording number: 1921 Flying Cloud; 1922 Since Love Can Enter An Iron Door; 1923 Bell Doth Toll; 1924 Bogey Man; 1925 Bold Fisherman; 1926 Farmer's Boy; 1927 Bonny Bunch of Roses; 1928 Poor Tom Halliard; 1929 Bluebird, Bluebird Through My Window listen for more...


Audio Reel 5435

Includes recording number: 1931 Here Come Three Dukes A-Riding; 1932; 1933 Mary L. MacKay, The; 1934 Birchen Canoe; 1935 Dark-Eyed Sailor; 1936 Daniel Munro; 1937 Old Blind Horse listen for more...


Audio Reel 5436

Includes recording number: 1938 Rick a Tick Tick; 1939 Roving Irish Blade; 1940 Winds That Blow 'Cross the Wild Moor; 1941 Girl I Left Behind; 1942 Caroline of Edinborough Town; 1943 Seizure of the 'E.A. Horton'; 1944 Seven Long Years listen for more...


Audio Reel 5437

Includes recording number: 1945 Banks of Brandywine; 1946 India's Fatal Shore; 1947 Lass of Glenshee; 1948 Dreadful Ghost listen for more...


Audio Reel 5438

Includes recording number: 1949 Bold Daniel; 1950 Andrew Rose; 1951 Poor Little Joe; 1952 Shelling Green Peas; 1953; 1954; 1955 Oh What Has Changed You?; 1956 Where Did You Get That Hat? listen for more...


Audio Reel 5439

Includes recording number: 1957 Banks of Sweet Dundee; 1958; 1959 Isle of St. Halena; 1960 Gypsy's Warning; 1961 Lovely Molly; 1962 Row Your Boat listen for more...


Audio Reel 5440

Includes recording number: 1963; 1964 Yon Green Vallee; 1965 John Munro; 1966 Ann O'Brien; 1967; 1968; 1969 Beautiful Garden of Prayer; 1970 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5441

Includes recording number: 1971 Gay Spanish Maid; 1972 Twa Brothers (John the Piper's Son); 1973 Old Jim Crow; 1974 Home Dearest Home; 1975 Squire's Daughter; 1976 Cruel Mother; 1977 Miller; 1978 Miller of Derbyshire...; 1979 Crockery Ware listen for more...


Audio Reel 5442

Includes recording number: 1980 Johnny Bull; 1981 Three Jolly Huntsmen; 1982 Banks of the Rosies; 1983 Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; 1984 Song of a Soldier; 1985 Green Bushes; 1986 Foot of the Mountain Brow; 1987 New River Shore; 1988 Jenny Lund listen for more...


Audio Reel 5443

Includes recording number: 1989 Lass of Mohee; 1990 Captain Robert Kidd; 1991 Frog and the Mouse; 1992 Had I the Wings For to Fly; 1993 As I Walked Out One Evening Bright; 1994 Jealous Lover; 1995 Barbara Allan; 1996 Billy He Was A Fine Old Man; 1997 Little Timmy Tucker listen for more...


Audio Reel 5444

Includes recording number: 1999 Sweet Florella; 2000 Erin's Green Shore; 2001 Billy the Weaver; 2002 Good Luck to the Girls; 2003 Freedom Sweet Freedom; 2004 Drunkard's Song; 2005 Drowsy Sleeper; 2006 I Wonder Do They Care To See Me Now; 2007 Butcher Boy listen for more...


Audio Reel 5445

Includes recording number: 2008; 2009 Old Sea Chest; 2010 Brave Volunteer; 2011 Three Leaf Shamrock; 2012 Erin Far Away; 2013 Song of a Soldier; 2014 Gentily Waved the Weeping Willow; 2015 Nightingale, The; 2016 On a Cold and Stormy Winter Eve 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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