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 5866

Includes recording number: 3310 An Gleann's An Robh Mi Og; 3311 Gaelic - My Ain House; 3312 Mo Dhuthaich Fhem (My Own Land); 3313 Gaelic - In the Sweet Bye and Bye; 3314; 3315; 3316 Fhir A 'Bhata; 3317 Roy Neil and His Fair Young Bride (Dublin Bay); 3318 Bridget McCue listen for more...


Audio Reel 5867

Includes recording number: 3321 Well Sold the Cow; 3322 Mike Maloney; 3323 Sheriff's Sale, The; 3324; 3325 Bachelor's Hall; 3326 My Father Was a Pagan; 3327 Johnny Riley; 3328 Johnny Bull; 3329 I Never Will Marry A Man Who Is Rich listen for more...


Audio Reel 5868

Includes recording number: 3332 Moccasin Last, The; 3333 Baldwin Song, The; 3334 Rutherford, One of the Boys; 3335 Pinkie Louise, The; 3336 Bobby's Car; 3337; 3338 My Cape Breton Home; 3339 Drum Major, The; 3340 Bold Jack Donahue listen for more...


Audio Reel 5869

Includes recording number: 3341; 3342 There Came One Jew; 3343 Mary Across the Wild Moor; 3344 Plug McCarthy; 3345 Wreck of the Atlantic; 3346 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5870

Includes recording number: 3347 Lovely Jimmy; 3348; 3349 Bonny Wee Angus; 3350 Loch Shiel Side; 3351 Sunset in Cape Breton; 3352 Banks of Claudy, The; 3353 Lovely Jimmy; 3354 Johnie Scot listen for more...


Audio Reel 5871

Includes recording number: 3355 Factory Girl, The; 3356 Alphabet Song (Sailor's Alphabet); 3357 Nightingale, The; 3358 Maid of Lurgan's Green, The; 3359 Bells of Tintern Abbey, The; 3360 By Kells Waters; 3361 Spinning Wheel, The; 3362; 3363 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5872

Includes recording number: 3364 Just a Field; 3365 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard; 3366 Mo Highean Donn As Boidhche; 3367 Gun Chrodh, Gun Aighean; 3368 Gaelic - McDonald Sails; 3369 Gaelic - Cape Bretoner in West; 3370 My Dear Old Wife and I; 3371 Dearest Love, Can You Remember listen for more...


Audio Reel 5873

Includes recording number: 3372; 3373 Sheffield Prentice, The; 3374; 3375; 3376; 3377 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5874

Includes recording number: 3378 I Am A Boy From Africa; 3379 In Canso Strait; 3380 I'm Not As Young As I Used To Be; 3381 Barbara Allan; 3382 Three Crows; 3383 Molly, Lovely Molly; 3384 I Am A Tinker; 3385 Tear From My Lady Love, A; 3386 Jolly Roving Tar listen for more...


Audio Reel 5875

Includes recording number: 3396; 3397; 3398; 3399; 3400; 3401; 3402; 3403; 3404 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5876

Includes recording number: 3407; 3408 I'm A Bonny Scotch Lassie; 3409 I Am A Jolly Sailor Lad; 3410 Green Broom; 3411 Lovely Willie; 3412 Old Volunteer, The; 3413 Brig Harmony, The; 3414 Boys of Bristol, The; 3415 My Bonny Young Irish Boy listen for more...


Audio Reel 5877

Includes recording number: 3423 Jolly Fisherman, The; 3424 Bonny Sweet Window, The; 3425 My Dear Old Wife and I; 3426 Soldier's Homeless Boy, A; 3427 I Really Can't Keep Still; 3428 Dog and the Gun, The; 3429 C'Etait Une Bergere (milling song) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5878

Includes recording number: 3430 Sur La Bell Francais (milling song); 3431 Le Bonne Homme (milling song); 3432 Mon Pere A Fait Batis Maison (milling song); 3433 J'Aime Mon Petit Flacon Maman (milling song); 3434 C'Etait La Femme D'Un Soldat (milling song); 3435 Je Suis Sans Bien San Femme (milling songs); 3436 Oh La La La Ma Bouteille, Ma Boutille (milling sg); 3437 Amis Lovens Caresson Le Bouteille (milling song); 3438 Mon Pere N'Auait Fille (milling song) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5879

Includes recording number: 3440 Various milling songs; 3441 Cecelia; 3442 En Roulant Ma Boule; 3443 Various milling songs; 3444 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5880

Includes recording number: 3445 Rock-A-Bye the Baby; 3446 Bold Jack Donahue; 3447 Green Grow the Rushes 'O; 3448 Come All My Old Comrades; 3449 Jolly Fishermen; 3450 There's A Dear Old Spot in Ireland; 3451 Bonny Sweet Window, The; 3452 Rogers the Miller; 3453 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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