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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 5991

Includes recording number: 3876 Gaelic - MacNeechbain O'n D'un - Maughton From the Fort; 3877 Tha'n Oidhche Nochd Fuar (Tonight It Is Cold); 3878 Ho, Mo Nighean Dubh (Ho, My Dark-Haired Lass); 3879 Cruinneag Na Buaile (The Maiden of the Fold); 3880 Oran Gaoil (A Love Song); 3881 Gaelic - I Hiuraibh O-O Chan'eil Mi Slan; 3882 Cumha Aonghius (Lament For Angus); 3883 Gaelic - Me Bhuanaich Thu'n Nishean Sarinn; 3884 Oran Do'n Mhosgaid (A Song To the Musket) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5992

Includes recording number: 3894 Cruachan A' Cheathaich (Cruachan of the Mist); 3895 Oran Do Alasdair Mac Colla; 3896 Cro Chinn T-Saile (The Cro of Kintail); 3897 Alasdair M'Hic O Ho; 3898 Cul Beinn Eadarra (The Back of Ben Edra); 3899 Do Iain Og (To Young John) listen for more...


Audio Reel 5993

Includes recording number: 3900 Sandy Ban the Ram (sung in gaelic); 3901 Unidentified song re: shortage of wood; 3902 Gaelic - Bha Min De 'N Beinn Doghrain; 3903 Gaelic - A' Choille Ghruamach - The Gloomy Forest; 3904 Gaelic - Ch Mi Na Mor Bheanna - Mist Covered Mountains; 3905 Gaelic - Ho Ro My Nut Brown Maiden; 3906 Unidentified song sung in gaelic; 3907; 3908 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5994

Includes recording number: 3914 Ho Ro Gun Togainn Air Hugan Fhathast; 3915 Bhi 'G An Cuimhneachadh 'S 'G An Ionndrainn; 3916 Gaelic - Chi Thu Ne Gluannaibh 'San Rbh Mi 'Nam Bhalach; 3917 Cunna Mise Mo Leannan (I Saw My Sweetheart); 3918 Gaelic - Hugaibh Aer Nighk; 3919 O' Chruineag; 3920 Cha Threiginn Fhein Mo Chruinneag Dhonn; 3921 An T-Alltan Dubh (The Little Black Brook); 3922 Tha M'Inntinn Trom 'S Cha Tog Mi Fonn listen for more...


Audio Reel 5995

Includes recording number: 3930; 3931; 3932; 3933; 3934; 3936; 3937; 3938 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5996

Includes recording number: 3939 Mo Nighean Donn (My Brown-Haired Maiden); 3940 Gaelic - A' Choille Ghruamach - The Gloomy Forest; 3941 Hug Orann O Ro lBha Ho; 3942 An Airigh Luachrach (The Shieling of Rushes); 3943 Uilleam Glen (William Glen); 3944 Gearan A 'Mhairt (The Complaint of the Cow); 3945 Tha Mo Chion Air An Fhiuran; 3946 Gaelic - Nighean Dubh Nighean Donn; 3947 'S Ann Air Feasgar Di-Ciadaoin listen for more...


Audio Reel 5997

Includes recording number: 3949 Madame M'Envoie-T-Au Marche; 3950; 3951 Rocky Brook; 3952 Jessie at the Bar; 3953 Darby McShawn; 3954 Champion of Cour Hill; 3955 Nora Johanna McCarthy; 3956; 3957 Winter on Renous, A listen for more...


Audio Reel 5998

Includes recording number: 3960 Volunteer, The (sung in French); 3961 Willie the Weaver; 3962 Moncton Tragedy, The; 3963; 3964; 3965 Chapeau Boys, The; 3966 Prisoner's Song, The (sung in French); 3967 McSorley's Twins (McFarley's Twins); 3968 John Ladner listen for more...


Audio Reel 5999

Includes recording number: 3975 Wexford Lass, The; 3976 Unidentified song fragment; 3977; 3978 Hind Horn (The Old Beggar Man); 3979 Sept An Sur Mer (Seven Years on the Sea); 3980 Escuminac Diasaster, The; 3981 Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill, The; 3982 Molly Bawn; 3983 Knoxville Girl, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 6000

Includes recording number: 3992 First Miramichi Folk Song Festival, The; 3993 1961 Boating Regatta; 3994 Steamer Alexander, The; 3995; 3997 True Lovers' Discussion, The; 3998 Whisky In the Jar; 3999 Patrick O'Donnell; 4000 Old Bean Crock, The; 4001 Champion of Moose Hill, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 6001

Includes recording number: 4003 Song of the 1960 Festival; 4004 Dungarvon Whooper, The; 4005 Little Bull, The; 4006; 4007 On To The Miramichi; 4008 Lady Leroy; 4009 Seven Years on the Sea; 4010 Banks of the Potomac, The; 4011 Maid of Nineteen listen for more...


Audio Reel 6002

Includes recording number: 4012 Messenger Song, The (John Calhoun's Colt); 4013 Winter of '73, The (McCullam Camp); 4014 Burns and Highland Mary; 4015 Caroline and Her Young Sailor Bold; 4016 Belles of Renous, The; 4017 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard listen for more...


Audio Reel 6003

Includes recording number: 4018 Lin Was A Chinaman; 4019 Quangle Wangle, The; 4020 Baby Bunting of the Rocking Horse Brigade; 4021 It Snow, It Blows (Drop the Handkerchief); 4022 Over in the Meadow; 4023 Rosalie the Prairie Flower; 4024; 4025 Bow Wow Wow; 4026 Poor Babes in the Woods listen for more...


Audio Reel 6004

Includes recording number: 4040 Come All You Girls; 4041 In Canso Strait (The Drunken Captain); 4042 My Sailor Boy; 4043 Josephine (sung in French); 4044 On the Banks of Permanaw; 4045 Paisley Officer, The listen for more...


Audio Reel 6005

Includes recording number: 4046 Joe Conn Song, The; 4047 Jack Haggarty (The Flat River Girl); 4048 Betsy The Waiting Maid; 4049 Strait Fish Company, The; 4050; 4051 B. Button (sung in French); 4052 Election Song; 4053; 4054 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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