Folk Songs Of Ontario- Folk Songs of Ontario / Various
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.
Tracklist:
- The Poor Little Girls From Ontario
- The Banks Of The Don
- Johnson's Hotel
- The Murder Of F.C. Benwell
- The Murder Of Maggie Howie
- The Railroad Bay
- The Hobo's Grave
- The Little Indian Maid
- The Indian's Lament: An Indian Sat In His Little Bark Canoe
- Sally Greer
- The Twelfth Of July
- The Weaver
- The Golden Vanity (Child No.286)
- A Fair Maid Walked In Her Father's Garden
- In Bristol There Lived A Fair Lady, In Bristol There Lived A Fair Maiden
- How Cold These Winds Do Blow, The Wintry Winds
- Mary Of The Wild Moor
- The Bold Privateer
- General Wolfe
- What Is The Life Of A Man Any More Than The Leaves?
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.
Tracklist:
- The Poor Little Girls From Ontario
- The Banks Of The Don
- Johnson's Hotel
- The Murder Of F.C. Benwell
- The Murder Of Maggie Howie
- The Railroad Bay
- The Hobo's Grave
- The Little Indian Maid
- The Indian's Lament: An Indian Sat In His Little Bark Canoe
- Sally Greer
- The Twelfth Of July
- The Weaver
- The Golden Vanity (Child No.286)
- A Fair Maid Walked In Her Father's Garden
- In Bristol There Lived A Fair Lady, In Bristol There Lived A Fair Maiden
- How Cold These Winds Do Blow, The Wintry Winds
- Mary Of The Wild Moor
- The Bold Privateer
- General Wolfe
- What Is The Life Of A Man Any More Than The Leaves?