She's Like a Swallow

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Ontario 1960's Folk Canadian Women in Song Alberta
Year 1961
Label Prestige Folklore FL 14015
Format LP
Genre folk
Keywords Frank Slide
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Value USD $20.00

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She's Like a Swallow

By: Bonnie Dobson

Origin: Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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  • The Cruel War is Raging

    Track 1 Disc 1 Side 1 03:41

  • She's Like a Swallow

    Track 2 Disc 1 Side 1 03:03

  • The Silkie of Sule Skerry

    Track 3 Disc 1 Side 1 05:46

  • Across the Blue Mountain

    Track 4 Disc 1 Side 1 02:44

  • The Prickle Holly Bush

    Track 5 Disc 1 Side 1 04:04

  • Mistress Bond

    Track 6 Disc 1 Side 1 01:41

  • Envoyens de l'avant

    Track 7 Disc 1 Side 1 02:32

  • Will Ye Go Laddie Go

    Track 1 Disc 1 Side 2 02:50

  • Frankie Slide

    Track 2 Disc 1 Side 2 03:33

  • Monsieur le cure

    Track 3 Disc 1 Side 2 02:17

  • The Jam at Gerry's Rock

    Track 4 Disc 1 Side 2 04:42

  • The First Time

    Track 5 Disc 1 Side 2 03:21

  • The Road to Grandmere

    Track 6 Disc 1 Side 2 02:44

  • The Old Maid's Lament

    Track 7 Disc 1 Side 2 02:52

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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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