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Item Reference Digital
His Jacket Was Blue performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: A ship's crew of sailors — June 1952
Audio Reel: 5450
Recording number: 2053
notes: Mf289-430
Janey on the Moor performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: One evening for recreation all down by the seaside — June 1952
Audio Reel: 5526
Recording number: 2057
notes: Mf289-432
Bonny Labouring Boy performed by Jack Turple at Upper Kennetcook, Hants County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: O Willie was my truelove's name as you may plainly see — July 1952
Audio Reel: 5529
Recording number: 2081
notes: Mf289-438
My Love Is Like A Lozenger performed by Mrs. Byron Mitchell at Oyster Pond, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: My love is like a lozenger — July 1952
Audio Reel: 5541
Recording number: 2117
notes: Mf289-446
Down In Cuba's Garden performed by Sandy Stoddard at Lower Ship Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: It was down in Cuba's garden — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5543
Recording number: 2131
notes: Mf289-450
Young Shepherdess performed by Sandy Stoddard at Lower Ship Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: It's of a young shepherdess a-herding her flocks — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5543
Recording number: 2132
notes: Mf289-450
Mary's A Fairy performed by Bobby Lowe at Moser's River, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: My Mary lives in a little cot — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5545
Recording number: 2152
notes: Mf289-454
Yankee Shore performed by Cornelius Boutilier at Wingin Point, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: It was on a fine May morning — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5546
Recording number: 2162
notes: Mf289-456
Yankee Shore performed by Cornelius Boutilier at Wingin Point, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: It was on a fine May morning — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5547
Recording number: 2163
notes: Mf289-458
It Was On One Monday Morning performed by Cornelius Boutilier at Wingin Point, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: It was on one Monday morning — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5547
Recording number: 2164
notes: Mf289-458
Rinordine performed by Freeman Young at East Petpeswick, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: As I rode out one May morning two miles below Primroy — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5564
Recording number: 2177
notes: Mf289-462
Rinordine performed by Berton Young at West Petpeswick, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: As I rode out one May morning two miles below Primroy — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5564
Recording number: 2181
notes: Mf289-462
As I Wandered By A Brookside performed by Berton Young at West Petpeswick, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: As I wandered by the brookside — August 1952
Audio Reel: 5564
Recording number: 2184
notes: Mf289-462
Annie (Lovely Annie) performed by Allan V. Teal at Bridgewater, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Come love hear a letter, 'tis the last one I'll send — May 1953
Audio Reel: 5566
Recording number: 2209
notes: Mf289-466
Lovely Mary Ann performed by Rosalie West at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: As I went to a dance one night myself for to enjoy — February 24, 1953
Audio Reel: 5568
Recording number: 2227
notes: Mf289-470
Taas on Tytot Yksin (Finnish) performed by Anna Palojeimo and Taas on tytot yksin at St. Andrews, New Brunswick — June 1959 Audio Reel: 5614
Recording number: 2239
notes: Mf289-472
Maid I Am In Love, A performed by Tom Gamble at Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: A maid I am in love — August 1953
Audio Reel: 5636
Recording number: 2303
notes: Mf289-488
Yellow Rose of Texas performed by Arthur Tucker at Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: There's a yellow rose in Texas — August 1953
Audio Reel: 5637
Recording number: 2315
notes: Mf289-490
Drowsy Sleeper performed by Sandy Stoddard at Lower Ship Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Who's there? Who's there beneath my window — July 1953
Audio Reel: 5639
Recording number: 2329
notes: Mf289-494
My Willie's On the Dark Blue Sea performed by Neil O’Brien at Pictou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia — July 1953 Audio Reel: 5639
Recording number: 2331
notes: Mf289-494
Mary and John performed by John J. Murray at Meadowville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Mary and John dwelt in a distand village — July 1953
Audio Reel: 5639
Recording number: 2333
notes: Mf289-494
Polly Perkins performed by S.A. Hopkins at West Jeddore, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: I'm a broken-hearted milkman — July 1953
Audio Reel: 5653
Recording number: 2377
notes: Mf289-504
La Fleur du Rosier performed by Joseph McGrath at Newcastle, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: Passant le long d'un bois, j'ai-t-entendu la voix de mon ami doux — August 1953
Audio Reel: 5662
Recording number: 2414
notes: Mf289-514
Plain Golden Band performed by Samuel Jago at Newcastle, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: I am thinking to-night of the days past and gone — August 1953
Audio Reel: 5663
Recording number: 2425
notes: Mf289-516
Common Bill performed by Mary Bailey at Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: I will tell you of a fellow, of a fellow I have seen — August 1953
Audio Reel: 5676
Recording number: 2453
notes: Mf289-524
Nancy's Courtship performed by Neil O’Brien at Pictou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia — September 1953 Audio Reel: 5676
Recording number: 2455
notes: Mf289-524
Chippewa Stream performed by Greta Heighton at River John, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: As I went a-walking one evening in June — September 1953
Audio Reel: 5676
Recording number: 2460
notes: Mf289-524
Ellen the Fair performed by Robbie Wilson at Middleton, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Fair Ellen one morn from her cottage had strayed — September 1953
Audio Reel: 5702
Recording number: 2506
notes: Mf289-536
Nellie Ray performed by John David Wilson at New Annan, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: I love a little country quewn — September 1953
Audio Reel: 5702
Recording number: 2513
notes: Mf289-536
To Toss and Dry His Hay performed by Mrs. Harvey Power at Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: As I rode out one evening — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5714
Recording number: 2604
notes: Mf289-552
Nellie performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: O Nellie, O Nellie what makes you unkind? — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5715
Recording number: 2614
notes: Mf289-554
Letty Lea performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: In the spring of the year when flora the hills did adorn — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5715
Recording number: 2616
notes: Mf289-554
Brown Girl, The performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: When first to this countree a stranger I landed — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5716
Recording number: 2621
notes: Mf289-556
Erin A'Green performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: O sad is my fate as I sit here and ponder — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5716
Recording number: 2622
notes: Mf289-556
Richard and I performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: I know I've been courting Richard — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5716
Recording number: 2623
notes: Mf289-556
Overns Flowery Vale performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: As I roved out one morning fair in the pleasant month of June — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5717
Recording number: 2627
notes: Mf289-558
Rose of Glenshee, The performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: One morning in the springtime as day was a-dawning — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5718
Recording number: 2635
notes: Mf289-560
Jimmy and I Will Get Married performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: Dear daughter I hear you're engaged — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5719
Recording number: 2641
notes: Mf289-562
Pretty Susan performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: When first from sea I landed — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5719
Recording number: 2642
notes: Mf289-562
When I Wake In The Morning performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: When I Wake In The Morning I Go To My Window — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5719
Recording number: 2647
notes: Mf289-562
True Lover's Discoursion, The performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: One summer's morning when pinks and daisies — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5720
Recording number: 2653
notes: Mf289-564
Peggy Walker performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: My parents raised me tenderly, they had no child but me — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5721
Recording number: 2661
notes: Mf289-566
My Mary Ann performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: We sailed away for foreign parts — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5721
Recording number: 2666
notes: Mf289-566
Blackwater Side, The performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: It is true I have no farm — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5740
Recording number: 2671
notes: Mf289-568
She's Like The Swan performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: She's like the swan that swims on the ocean — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5740
Recording number: 2676
notes: Mf289-568
My Mary Ann performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: We sailed away for foreign parts — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5740
Recording number: 2677
notes: Mf289-568
Mantle So Green performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: As I went out walking one morning in June — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5740
Recording number: 2679
notes: Mf289-568
Roving Journeyman, The performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: When I arrived at Carlow — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5741
Recording number: 2698
notes: Mf289-570
Pretty Susan performed by W.E. Ireland at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: When first from sea I landed I had a roving mind, — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5741
Recording number: 2700
notes: Mf289-570
Cupid's Garden performed by W.E. Ireland at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: It was down by Cupid's garden — September 1954
Audio Reel: 5743
Recording number: 2726
notes: Mf289-574
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