Maritime Folk Songs: from the Collection of Helen Creighton

Various Artists FW04307 / FE 4307

Helen Creighton collected maritime songs remembered by an older generation of Canadians, mainly from Nova Scotia, between 1928 and 1954. Many are home recordings, but what they may lack in quality they make up for in authenticity. In addition to songs of the sea, the unaccompanied singers tell of the supernatural, of love and the beauties of the land.
Country(s) Canada
Keyword(s) Folk songs--United States; Sea songs

Year of Recording 1962
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Recorded by Helen Creighton ; Produced by Helen Creighton ; Design by Ronald Clyne

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101	Drimindown	Ernest Sellick	1:56
102	Plains of Waterloo	Amos Jollimore	6:28
103	When I Wake in the Morning	Angelo Dornan	1:26
104	He's Young but He's Daily A-Growing	Nathan Hatt	1:46
105	Jimmy Went A-Hunting	Louis Boutilier	2:37
106	Catherine Etait Fille	Laura McNeill	2:42
107	Peggy Gordon	Grace Clergy	2:51
108	What Harm Has Jesus Done You?	Charles Owens	3:22
109	My Gallant Brigantine	Mrs. Ed Gallagher	4:07
110	Young Riley	Mrs. Ed Gallagher	3:59
201	On Board of the Victory	Grace Clergy	2:13
202	All 'Round My Hat	Neil O'Brien	2:19
203	I Dyed My Petticoat Red	Porter Brigley	0:55
204	Òran de Cheap Breatainn (Gaelic)	Jon Ranny McKeigan	3:16
205	A Maid I Am in Love	Mrs. Stan Marshall	2:56
206	In Cupid's Court	Grace Clergy	4:22
207	Kelly the Pirate	David Slauenwhite	2:11
208	Harbour Grace(Diddling)	Burton Young	1:10
209	Young Beichan(Lord Bateman)	David Slauenwhite	11:48

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