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 5074

Includes recording number: 461; 462 Derby Ram; 463 Bailiff's Daughter; 464 Peggy Gordon; 465 He's Young But He's Daily A-Growing; 467 Young Hunting; 468 I'll Give My Love An Apple listen for more...


Audio Reel 5075

Includes recording number: 469 Lovely Nancy; 470 Well Sold The Cow; 471 Dark-Eyed Sailor; 472; 473 Broken Ring Song; 474 Deaf Woman's Courtship; 475 Lord Randall; 476 When A Man's In Love; 477 As I Rode Out listen for more...


Audio Reel 5076

Includes recording number: 479 Blessings of Mary; 480 Micmac War Dance; 481 Micmac War Song; 482 Promised Land; 483; 484 When I Was In My Prime; 485; 486 Sea chanties; 487 Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin listen for more...


Audio Reel 5077

Includes recording number: 489 Gypsy Laddie; 490 Henry Martyn; 491 Young Hunting; 492 Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood; 493 Chesapeake and Shannon; 494 foreign counteree; 495 Old Man; 496 Old Man; 497 Golden Vanity listen for more...


Audio Reel 5078

Includes recording number: 500 Blow The Man Down; 501 Whisky For My Johnny; 503 overture to Meet The Navy; 504 Meet The Navy; 505 Girls in the Navy Show; 506; 507 Out Where The Big Ships Go; 508 Russian song; 509 Russian song listen for more...


Audio Reel 5079

Includes recording number: 515 Shore Leave; 516 Boy In The Bell Bottomed Trousers; 517 Sea chanties; 518 Sea chanites; 519 My Old Pal; 520; 521; 523 In Your Little Chapeau; 524 Shack of the Side of the Hill listen for more...


Audio Reel 5080

Includes recording number: 529 Song of Deep Brook; 530; 531; 532; 533; 534; 535 Johnny Snodgrass; 536 Robert and Me, The; 537 Henry Convoy listen for more...


Audio Reel 5081

Includes recording number: 539 Alaska Convoy; 540 Here Comes The Henry; 541 Alaska Convoy; 542 Girls of the King's Navy; 543 Homeward Bound; 544 Wren Song; 545 Homeward Bound; 546 Robin Ranzo (Reuben); 547 Shenandoah listen for more...


Audio Reel 5082

Includes recording number: 555 Chezzetcook Song; 556 Song of Nova Scotia; 557 Daniel In The Lion's Den; 558 Where Shall I Be When The First Trumpet Sounds; 559; 560 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5083

Includes recording number: 561; 562; 563; 564; 565; 566; 567; 568; 569 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5084

Includes recording number: 571; 572; 573; 574; 575; 576 Song of the Robin; 577 Song of the White Throated Sparrow, or the Canada Bird; 578 Song of the Wood Pewee; 579 Bobolink Fantasy listen for more...


Audio Reel 5085

Includes recording number: 585 Stayed On Jesus; 586 Nothing But Peace in that Land; 587; 588 Welcome Table; 589 Blaydon Races; 590; 591; 592; 593 listen for more...


Audio Reel 5086

Includes recording number: 594 Y.W.C.A. song; 595 I've Got A Home; 596; 597 What Band That Sunday Morning; 598 They Shall Be Mine; 599 My Girl's a Shining Light [She told me so]; 600 Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl; 601 Doran's; 602 College yell listen for more...


Audio Reel 5087

Includes recording number: 604; 605; 606; 607; 608; 609 Gaelic song listen for more...


Audio Reel 5088

Includes recording number: 610 Adam Buchan; 611 Billy Boy; 612 Rio Grande; 613 Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinny; 614; 615; 616 Row Upon the Stairs; 617 Deep Atlantic; 618 listen for more...


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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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