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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 5841

Includes recording number: 3166; 3167 Micmac Lullaby; 3168 Little Mohee, The; 3169 Lakes of Ponchartrain, The; 3170 Wayward Daughter, The; 3171 Brave Hearts listen for more...


Audio Reel 5842

Includes recording number: 3172 Goin' Home; 3173 Sleep Gentle Lady; 3174 In the Springtime; 3175; 3176; 3177; 3178; 3179 London Bridge; 3180 London Bridge listen for more...


Audio Reel 5843

Includes recording number: 3118 Gaelic - Match-Making Song; 3183 Donald Munro; 3184 Mines of Avondale, The; 3185 Billy Rennicksw; 3186 I Would If I Could; 3187 While London Sleeps; 3189 Gaelic - Milling Frolic listen for more...


Audio Reel 5844

Includes recording number: 3190; 3191; 3192 Gaelic - Mo Rogh Ainn's Mo Run; 3193 Gaelic - Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach; 3194; 3195; 3196; 3197; 3198 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5845

Includes recording number: 3203 Gaelic - Braighe Mhrgaree; 3204 Thoir Mo Shoraidh Thar An T-Saile; 3205 Fhir A Bhata; 3206 Gaelic - Island of Heather; 3207 Gaelic - O My Lover; 3208 Gaelic - A Mhairi Bhoidheach - song In Praise of Mary; 3209; 3210 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5846

Includes recording number: 3211; 3212; 3213 Nighean Donn a Chuil Reidh; 3214; 3215; 3216 Psalm 121; 3217 Gaelic - I Like The Gaelic; 3218 Oid[h]che Fhath Lebh; 3219 Gaelic - Pos[a]dh] Piuth'r Ioin Bhair listen for more...


Audio Reel 5847

Includes recording number: 3221 Is Toigh Leam A Ghaidhealtachd; 3222 Gaelic - My Brown-Haired Maid; 3223 'S E 'N Gille Dubh Is Aille; 3224 Chi Mi Na Morbheanna (I See the Great Mountains); 3225 Gaelic - Horo Ha Goran Chu; 3226 Gaelic - Fear A Bhata; 3227 Iain Ghlinne Cuaich (John from Glenquoich); 3228 Gaelic - Isle of My Heart; 3229 Gaelic - Drowning in Sound of Mull listen for more...


Audio Reel 5848

Includes recording number: 3230 Creach Na Samhna (The Hallowe'en Raid); 3231 Mo Bhruid Gael Og (My Dear Young Beast); 3232 Oran A Mhathain (The Song of the Bear); 3233 Where Does My Sweetheart Sleep Tonight; 3234 Marbhrann Do Mhacleoid (Elegy for MacLeod); 3235 'S E Mo Cheist An Gille Donn; 3236 Gun Chrodh, Gun Aighean; 3237 Gaelic boat song listen for more...


Audio Reel 5849

Includes recording number: 3238 Oran Na Poite Duibhe (The Song of the Black Pot); 3239 Gaelic - Husband Goes to Canada; 3240 Hush A Bye, Baby Mine; 3241; 3242 Dr. Dan's Soiree; 3243 Merrimac, The; 3244 Bold Moffitt; 3245 Maiden Saxe Flora, A; 3246 Drimindown listen for more...


Audio Reel 5850

Includes recording number: 3248 Never Take the Horseshoe From the Door; 3249 Captain Kidd; 3250 Castles in the Air; 3251; 3252 Alphabet Song (Sailor's); 3253 Carrion Crow, The; 3254 C.P.R. Song; 3255 Bold Mannon; 3256 Four Robbers, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5851

Includes recording number: 3258 Doran's Ass; 3259 Shenandoah; 3260 Stormalong; 3261 Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her; 3262 Blow Boys Blow; 3263 Spank Weed, The; 3264 Cruise of the Bigler, The; 3265 Loss of the Lady Elgin; 3266 Heights of Alma, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5852

Includes recording number: 3275 Cumberland's Crew, The; 3276 Klondike Gold Rush; 3277 Charles Augustus Anderson; 3278 Stately Southerner, The; 3279 Whoa Mule; 3280 Santy Annie; 3281 Sacramento (Banks of Sacramento) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5853

Includes recording number: 3282 Days of Forty-Nine, The; 3283 City of Baltimore, The; 3284; 3285 Bingo; 3286; 3287 Falsh Packet; 3288 Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach; 3289 Gaelic - Mo Run Geal, Dileas - My Faithful Fair One; 3290 Gaelic - Gun Chrodh Gun Aighean - The Tocherless Lass listen for more...


Audio Reel 5854

Includes recording number: 3291 Fhir A Bhata (The Boatman); 3292; 3293 Mairi Laghach (Winsome Mary); 3294 C'Aite 'N Caidil An Bibhinn; 3295; 3296 Unidentified; 3297 Peter Emberley; 3298 Gaelic and Engish - 23rd Psalm; 3299 Man Behind the Plough, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 5865

Includes recording number: 3301 Thistle, Rose and Shamrock, The; 3302 Highlandman's Toast, The; 3303 My Old Boarding House; 3304 Marrow Bones; 3305 Frog and the Mouse, The; 3306 Boston Burglar, The; 3307 Decent Boy from Ireland, The; 3308 Whalen's Fate; 3309 Eilean An Fhaoich (The Isle of the Heather) 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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