Format: LP
Label: Prestige Folklore FL 14015
Year: 1961
Origin: Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Genre: folk
Keyword: Frank Slide
Value of Original Title: $20.00
Make Inquiry/purchase: email ryder@robertwilliston.com
Release Type: Albums
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Playlist:
Ontario, Alberta, 1960's, Canadian Women in Song, Folk
| Track Name | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cruel War is Raging | 03:41 | |
| 2 | She's Like a Swallow | 03:03 | |
| 3 | The Silkie of Sule Skerry | 05:46 | |
| 4 | Across the Blue Mountain | 02:44 | |
| 5 | The Prickle Holly Bush | 04:04 | |
| 6 | Mistress Bond | 01:41 | |
| 7 | Envoyens de l'avant | 02:32 |
| Track Name | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Ye Go Laddie Go | 02:50 | |
| 2 | Frankie Slide | 03:33 | |
| 3 | Monsieur le cure | 02:17 | |
| 4 | The Jam at Gerry's Rock | 04:42 | |
| 5 | The First Time | 03:21 | |
| 6 | The Road to Grandmere | 02:44 | |
| 7 | The Old Maid's Lament | 02:52 |
Bonnie Dobson - She's Like a Swallow
She's Like a Swallow
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Frank Slide tells of a disaster which befell the town of Frank, in Alberta, and was written by Robert Gard. In truth, eighty people were killed by the landslide, not the entire population as the song would have you believe. Gard based his song on the stories that grew out of the tragedy rather than on actual history. The ballad is well known in Canada, and I would be hard put to claim any one source for it's inclusion in my repertory.
-Bonnie Dobson
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