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 5976
Includes recording number: 3770; 3771 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5977
Includes recording number: 2783 Dance to Thee Daddy; 3772 Mon Pays; 3773 Le Rhododendron; 3774 C'Est Si Simple D'Aimer; 3775 Les Petits Chevrier; 3776 Dans la Suisse Il Y A Une Montange; 3777 Terre Ou Je Suis Nee; 3778 Cucu (Cukoo); 3779 Unidentified song sung in French listen for more...
Audio Reel 5978
Includes recording number: 3787; 3788; 3789; 3790; 3791 James McGee; 3792 Green Valley, The listen for more...
Audio Reel 5979
Includes recording number: 3793 La Belle Jolie Bergere; 3794 Festival Song; 3795; 3796; 3797; 3798 Home Brew Song; 3799 Un Commandement; 3800 Man Behind the Plow, The; 3801 When I First Came to This Land listen for more...
Audio Reel 5980
Includes recording number: 3803 Silvery Tide, The; 3804 Winter on the Renous; 3805 Old Elm Tree; 3806 Ship's Carpenter, The listen for more...
Audio Reel 5981
Includes recording number: 3807; 3808; 3809; 3810 Escuminac Diasaster, The; 3811 As I Rode Out One Evening; 3812 Irish Rebel Spy, The listen for more...
Audio Reel 5982
Includes recording number: 3813 Rocky Brook; 3814 Jones Boys, The; 3815 Jenny Dear; 3816; 3817 Miramichi Fire, The listen for more...
Audio Reel 5983
Includes recording number: 3818 Wexford Lass, The; 3819; 3820 Banks of the Clyde; 3821 Railroad Song listen for more...
Audio Reel 5984
Includes recording number: 3822 La Fille A Jean Pierre (Le Viellard); 3823 La Vieux Marie (Father Give Me A Husband); 3824 Little Shingle Mill, The; 3825 Jolly Roving Tar, The; 3826 Flying Cloud, The; 3827 Escuminac Diasaster, The listen for more...
Audio Reel 5985
Includes recording number: 3828 Knoxville Girl, The; 3829; 3830 Je Suis-T-Orphelin, Donnez-Moi du Courage; 3831; 3832 Green Garden Fields; 3833 Most Unconstant Young Man, The listen for more...
Audio Reel 5986
Includes recording number: 3834 Wild Mustard River, The; 3835 Hind Horn (The Old Beggar Man); 3836 Swinging in the Lane; 3837 John Morrisey; 3838 True Lovers' Discussion; 3839 Howard Curry; 3841 Mantle So Green, The; 3849 Wedding of Derby McShawn, The listen for more...
Audio Reel 5987
Includes recording number: 3842 Marie Calumet; 3843 Mary Mahoney; 3844 Joe Brook Song, The; 3845 Miller and His Three Sons, The; 3846 Festival Song; 3847; 3848 Wayerton Driver, The (Mary Dolan) listen for more...
Audio Reel 5988
Includes recording number: 3849 Schooner Hesperus; 3850 Here Am I; 3851 Scantlin' Line, The; 3852; 3853 City of Baltimore, The listen for more...
Audio Reel 5989
Includes recording number: 3854 Your Father's Garden; 3855 John Neal; 3856 Skunk, The; 3857; 3858 Sawgie McKay; 3859 Sleep Baby Sleep; 3860; 3861 Unidentified song for bouncing ball; 3862 listen for more...
Audio Reel 5990
Includes recording number: 3867 Bonny Barbara Allan; 3868 Swan, The; 3869 Swan, The; 3870; 3871 As Jennie Sat Doon; 3872 Why Left I My Hame?; 3873 Lucy's Flittin'; 3874 Plains of Waterloo, The; 3875 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: