Folk Songs of Ontario Recorded with Notes by Edith Fowke

Ethnic Folkways Library – FM 4005

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 The Poor Little Girls from Ontario: Ethel Minifie (01:52)
A02 The Banks of the Don: O.J. Abbott (01:33)
A03 Johnson's Hotel: Geraldine Sullivan (01:54)
A04 The Murder of F. C. Benwell: Lamont Tilden (01:52)
A05 The Murder of Maggie Howie: Geraldine Sullivan (02:58)
A06 The Railroad Bay: Martin Sullivan (02:01)
A07 The Hobo's Grave: Tom Brandon (01:24)
A08 The Little Indian Maid: Johnston's Hotel (02:02)
A09 The Indian's Lament - An Indian Sat in His Little Bark Canoe: Geraldine Sullivan (03:06)
A10 Sally Greer: Martin McManus (03:17)
A11 The Twelfth of July: Tom Brandon (02:23)
B01 The Weaver: Mrs. Jack Keating (03:01)
B02 The Golden Vanity (Child No. 286): Joe Kelly (04:22)
B03 A Fair Maid Walked in Her Father's Garden: Mrs. William Towns (04:43)
B04 In Bristol There Lived a Fair Maiden: Jimmie Hefferman (04:42)
B05 How Cold These Winds Do Blow - The Wintry Winds: Mrs. Jack Keating (03:34)
B06 Mary of the Wild Moor: Lotys and Letys Murrin (02:39)
B07 The Bold Privateer: Tom Brandon (01:51)
B08 General Wolfe: Margaret Ralph (02:21)
B09 What is the Life of a Man Any More Than the Leaves?: Mrs. William Towns (02:53)
[Credits]
Producer, Recorder and Liner Notes: Edith Fulton Fowke
[Notes]
This 1958 recording by Edith Fulton Fowke is a collection of folksongs from the province of Ontario sung by a myriad of traditional singers. Until Fowke began collecting these in the 1950's, most had never been heard by a general audience. Though a large portion of the songs on this recording come from the Irish-Canadians of the Peterborough region, many other songs trace their influence back to American and British roots. These stirring compositions cover everything from lumber-jacking to murdering to the married life.