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 5662
Includes recording number: 2413; 2414 La Fleur du Rosier; 2415 It's Nine Years Ago; 2416 Old King Quine; 2417; 2418 French drinking song; 2419 L'ile Blanche; 2420 When I Left Home listen for more...
Audio Reel 5663
Includes recording number: 2421 Mantle So Green; 2422 Wedding of Darby McShawn; 2423 Green Vallee; 2424 Death of Harry Vail; 2425 Plain Golden Band; 2426 Dying Convict listen for more...
Audio Reel 5664
Includes recording number: 2427 Meagher's Children; 2428 Silvery Tide; 2429 Young Charlotte; 2430 Cedar Grove, The; 2431; 2432 Miramichi Fire; 2433 Sir James the Ross; 2434 Bonny Barbara Allan; 2435 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5675
Includes recording number: 2437 New Annan Mountain; 2438 Plains of Waterloo; 2439 Pat Malone; 2440 I'm Going To Be Married; 2441 Hogs in the Cellar; 2442 Frog in the Well; 2443 Robbie Tampson's Smitty; 2444; 2445 Sic A Wife As Willie Had listen for more...
Audio Reel 5676
Includes recording number: 2451 Crockery Ware; 2452 Old Maid of Fifty-Three; 2453 Common Bill; 2454 McCarthy's Song; 2455 Nancy's Courtship; 2456 Broken Ring Song; 2457 It's Nice to be a Father; 2458 John Martin Duffy; 2459 Drowsy Sleeper listen for more...
Audio Reel 5677
Includes recording number: 2462 Sea Captain; 2463 Lady's Fan; 2464 Cedar Grove, The; 2465 Drowsy Sleeper; 2466 Frog and the Mouse; 2467 Twenty Froggies; 2468 Peter Emberley; 2469 Jam on Gerry's Rocks; 2470 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5678
Includes recording number: 2475 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5679
Includes recording number: 2476; 2477; 2478 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5700
Includes recording number: 2479; 2480; 2481; 2482; 2483; 2484 Dixie's Isle; 2485 Barbara Allan; 2486; 2487 I Rock All Our Babies to Sleep listen for more...
Audio Reel 5701
Includes recording number: 2489; 2490; 2491; 2492; 2493 Ca' the Ewes Unto the Knowes; 2494 Carrion Crow (Our Old Sow); 2495; 2496; 2497 Nova Scotia Song listen for more...
Audio Reel 5702
Includes recording number: 2504; 2505; 2506 Ellen the Fair; 2507 Wreck of the 'Atlantic'; 2508 Lass of Mohee; 2509 Ca' the Ewes Unto the Knowes; 2510; 2511 Marabelle; 2512 Ca' the Ewes Unto the Knowes listen for more...
Audio Reel 5703
Includes recording number: 2517 Farmer's Curst Wife; 2518 Donnybrook Fair; 2519 Back Again on Shore; 2520 Bonny Labouring Boy; 2521 Exile of Erin; 2522 Irish Famine Song; 2523 Louisiana Lowlands; 2524 Song of the Tangier Gold Mines; 2525 Frank Fidd listen for more...
Audio Reel 5704
Includes recording number: 2546 Knight and Shepherd's Daughter; 2547 Sea Captain; 2548 Come All Ye Old Comrades; 2549 I'm a Stranger in this Country...; 2550 Old Miser; 2551 Jamie Foyers; 2552 Story of N.L. Hubley; 2553 Twelve Apostles listen for more...
Audio Reel 5705
Includes recording number: 2554 All Around My Hat; 2555 Mantle of Green; 2556 Squire McCallian; 2557; 2558; 2559; 2560 Blow The Man Down; 2561 Rio Grande; 2562 When the Ice Worm Nests Again listen for more...
Audio Reel 5710
Includes recording number: 2566 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: