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 5807

Includes recording number: 3044 Dixie's Isle; 3045 Brennan on the Moor; 3046 My Lovely Irish Rose; 3047 Wild Colonial Boy, the; 3048 Come Back Paddy Reilly To Me; 3049 Cumberland's Crew, The; 3050 Crooked Bawbee, The; 3051 Banks of Claudy; 3052 Child of Misfortune listen for more...


Audio Reel 5808

Includes recording number: 3054 Golden Heads So Lowly Bending; 3055 Whisky in the Jar; 3056 Teaching McFadden to Dance; 3057 Crooked Bawbee, The; 3058; 3059; 3060; 3061; 3062 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5809

Includes recording number: 3071 Legend of the Shubenacadie, The; 3072 Heave Away; 3073 Old Patriot, The; 3074; 3075 Ruby Were Her Lips; 3076 Costly Were The Gems; 3077; 3078 Enoch Arden's Farwell; 3079 Fare Thee Well Jean listen for more...


Audio Reel 5810

Includes recording number: 3085 Blackbird, The; 3086 Cruel Mother, The; 3087 Tam O'Shanters' Lament (MacGregor's Lament); 3088 Bonnie Wee Thing; 3089 Sally Munro; 3090 Young Munro (Charlie Akhem); 3091 There's a Curse on Gold; 3092 Dark Eyed Sailor, The; 3093 Day I Left the Old Plantation, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5811

Includes recording number: 3014 Unidentified Maliseet song; 3100 Micmac Love Song; 3101 Lullaby; 3102 Unidentified Micmac song; 3103 Unidentified Micmac song; 3105 Mary's Song; 3106 Unidentified Maliseet song; 3107; 3108 Unidentified Micmac song listen for more...


Audio Reel 5812

Includes recording number: 3125 Am Braighe (The Braes of Margaree); 3126 An Gille Dow (The Brown-Haired Lad); 3127; 3128 Ghost of Bras D'Or, The; 3129 S'Horionn O Ro Ill Iu O; 3130; 3131 Gun Chrodh Gun Aighean (Without Cattle, Without...; 3132 I'm Tired and Alone Cutting Rushes; 3133 Mo Dhochaidh listen for more...


Audio Reel 5813

Includes recording number: 3138 Unidentified [Finnish] song; 3139; 3140 Taivas on sininen; 3141 On Neidolla Punapaula; 3142 Ol' Kaunis Kesailta; 3143 Sa Kasvoit, Neito Kaunoinen; 3144 Heilani Kotiin; 3145 Hilu-hilu; 3146 Sir James The Ross listen for more...


Audio Reel 5814

Includes recording number: 3153; 3154 My Old New Hampshire Home; 3155 My Faithful Sailor Boy; 3156; 3157 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5815

Includes recording number: 3158; 3159 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5816

Includes recording number: 2984 Battle of Inkerman, The; 2985; 2986 Old Ark, The; 2987 Golden Vanity, The; 2988 Bluenose, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5835

Includes recording number: 2989 McGinty; 2990 Oddfellows Song, The; 2991 Unidentified; 2992 Prince Edward Island Song; 2993; 2994 Ghost Story, A; 2995 Grandma's Advice; 2996; 2997 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5836

Includes recording number: 2998; 2999; 3000; 3001; 3002; 3003 Chanson de Byron; 3004; 3005; 3006 V'la L'Bon Vent listen for more...


Audio Reel 5837

Includes recording number: 3011 Chanton le P'tit Moulin; 3012; 3013 French - T'as Vole Mamontre, T's Casse Ma Chaine; 3014 French - T'as Vole Mamontre, T's Casse Ma Chaine; 3015 C'Etait un P'tit Bonhomme; 3016; 3017 C'Est a Paris Vivre le Roi; 3018 Dans la Ville de Sainte Antoine; 3019 Sur la Montagne listen for more...


Audio Reel 5838

Includes recording number: 3022 Lion's Den, The; 3023 Pretty Susan, The Pride of Kildare; 3024 Young Shepherd, the; 3025 Banks of Claudy, The; 3026 Braes of Gleneffir, The; 3027 Springhill Mine Disaster, The; 3028 Pre-Confederation Song; 3029 Look in the Corner; 3030 We Are All a Band of Sisters listen for more...


Audio Reel 5840

Includes recording number: 3160 Nova Scotia Song; 3161; 3162; 3163 Traditional Micmac Tribal Dance; 3164 Traditional Micmac Dance Song; 3165 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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