Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Folk Music of Ontario

Tracks

		Track Name	Length
	1	The Poor Little Girls of Ontario	02:30
	2	The Banks of the Don	01:33
	3	Johnston's Hotel	01:54
	4	The Murder of F.C. Benwell	01:52
	5	The Murder of Maggie Howie
	6	The Railroad Boy	02:45
	7	The Hobo's Grave	01:24
	8	The Little Indian Maid	02:39
	9	The Indian's Lament	01:31
	10	Sally Greer	03:17
	11	The Twelfth of July	02:23
	12	The Weaver	03:01
	13	The Golden Vanity	04:22
	14	A Fair Maid Walked in Her Father's Garden	04:43
	15	In Bristol There Lived a Fair Lady	04:42
	16	The Wintry Winds	03:34
	17	Mary of the Wild Moor	02:39
	18	The Bold Privateer	01:51
	19	What is the Life of a Man More than the Leaves?	02:53

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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.

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