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 5767

Includes recording number: 2816; 2816; 2817 Sea Captain, The; 2818 Stormy Winds of Winter, The; 2819 Love Your Neighbour; 2820 Jolly Roving Tar; 2821 Silly Old Miser, The; 2822 Sally to Her Bedchamber; 2823 My Father's A Lawyer listen for more...


Audio Reel 5768

Includes recording number: 2834 Roger the Miller; 2835 Year of Jubilo, The; 2836 Charlie; 2837 Bonny Bunch of Rushes Green; 2838 I'm Here in Close Confinement; 2839 Beauty of Limerick, The; 2840 Gander and the Saint, The; 2841 Castle Garden; 2842 Rocks of Scilly, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5769

Includes recording number: 2849 Lannigan's Ball; 2850 Christine Leroy; 2851; 2852 Flying Cloud, The; 2853 Indian Napanee; 2854 Adieu To Old Ireland; 2855 Fox and the Hare, The; 2856 I've a House and a Barn; 2857 Seventeen Come Sunday listen for more...


Audio Reel 5770

Includes recording number: 2870 Shepherdess, The; 2871 Neat Little Window, The; 2872 Buren's Grove; 2873 Braes of Balqueather, The; 2874 Plains of Waterloo, The; 2876 Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be; 2877 Whisky is a Cordial; 2878 Rambler from Clare, The; 2879 Mick McGee listen for more...


Audio Reel 5771

Includes recording number: 2883 Rose of Britain's Isle, The; 2884 Cupid's Garden; 2885 I Will Not Go Out With Riley Any More; 2886 Peter Wheeler; 2887 John E. Sullivan; 2888 George Jones; 2889 True Lover's Discussion; 2890 Jimmy Murphy; 2891 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5772

Includes recording number: 2892 Hansel und Gretel; 2893 Gut'n Morgen, Herr Spielmann; 2894 Die Post; 2895 Winter, Ade; 2896 Alles Neu Macht Der Mai; 2897 Die Beiden Hansen; 2898 Ein Ratsel; 2899; 2900 Six Girls listen for more...


Audio Reel 5773

Includes recording number: 2909; 2910 Sweet Sunny South, The; 2911 Captain Conrod; 2912; 2913; 2914; 2915; 2916; 2917 Miramichi Fire, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5774

Includes recording number: 2923 Sandy Anderson Song, The; 2924 That Dinner I Et With the Major; 2925 Breaking In Two Plates; 2926 Baldwin Song, The; 2927 Little Joe's Whiskers; 2928 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5775

Includes recording number: 2929; 2930; 2931; 2932 Lamkin; 2933 John Sullivan; 2934 Canady-I-O; 2935 Polly Bawn listen for more...


Audio Reel 5776

Includes recording number: 2936; 2937; 2938; 2939 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5777

Includes recording number: 2940 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard; 2941 Last Saturday Night; 2942 As I was A-Walking; 2943 John Holman Song; 2944 John rode Up; 2945 Poor Old Worn Out Sailor; 2946 Beginning of Easter, The; 2947 C'etait les Fils de Babylone; 2948 C'etait les Fils de Babylone listen for more...


Audio Reel 5778

Includes recording number: 2949; 2950 Lamkin (Lankin); 2951; 2952 Ox Pull on the Old Farmer's Ground, The; 2953 Blackbird, The; 2954; 2955 Blackbird, The; 2956 Finvola the Gem of the Roe; 2957 Swan, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5779

Includes recording number: 2961 Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe, The; 2962 Paddy Haggerty's Breeches; 2963 Lady Gowrie; 2964 Young Jane and Her Gallant Hussar; 2965 My Irish Jaunting Car; 2966 Blarney Rose, The; 2967 Farewell to the Banks of the Roe; 2968 Where the Praties Grow; 2969 Erin's Lovely Home listen for more...


Audio Reel 5805

Includes recording number: 2976 Molly Bawn; 2977 Roy Neil and His Fair Young Bride; 2978 Like The Swan; 2979; 2980 Dornan's Ass; 2981 They All Courted Jessie at the Railway; 2982 Morrisey and the Black; 2983 Fair Fanny Moore listen for more...


Audio Reel 5806

Includes recording number: 3031 Meagher's Children; 3032 Sweet Jenny of the Moor; 3033 I Wrote My Love a Letter; 3034; 3035; 3036; 3037; 3038 I Wrote My Love a Letter; 3039 Jamie's On the Stormy Sea 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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