Folk Music of Ontario

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1950's Ontario Folk Saskatchewan Folklore
Year 1958
Label Folkways FM 4005 (USA)
Format LP
Genre folk, traditional, Folklore Ontario
Keywords Unknown
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Value USD $20.00

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Folk Music of Ontario

By: Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)

Origin: Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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  • The Poor Little Girls of Ontario

    Track 1 02:30

  • The Banks of the Don

    Track 2 01:33

  • Johnston's Hotel

    Track 3 01:54

  • The Murder of F.C. Benwell

    Track 4 01:52

  • The Murder of Maggie Howie

    Track 5

  • The Railroad Boy

    Track 6 02:45

  • The Hobo's Grave

    Track 7 01:24

  • The Little Indian Maid

    Track 8 02:39

  • The Indian's Lament

    Track 9 01:31

  • Sally Greer

    Track 10 03:17

  • The Twelfth of July

    Track 11 02:23

  • The Weaver

    Track 12 03:01

  • The Golden Vanity

    Track 13 04:22

  • A Fair Maid Walked in Her Father's Garden

    Track 14 04:43

  • In Bristol There Lived a Fair Lady

    Track 15 04:42

  • The Wintry Winds

    Track 16 03:34

  • Mary of the Wild Moor

    Track 17 02:39

  • The Bold Privateer

    Track 18 01:51

  • What is the Life of a Man More than the Leaves?

    Track 19 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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