Folk Music of Ontario

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1950's Ontario Folk Saskatchewan Folklore

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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

    #1 02:30

  • The Banks of the Don

    #2 01:33

  • Johnston's Hotel

    #3 01:54

  • The Murder of F.C. Benwell

    #4 01:52

  • The Murder of Maggie Howie

    #5

  • The Railroad Boy

    #6 02:45

  • The Hobo's Grave

    #7 01:24

  • The Little Indian Maid

    #8 02:39

  • The Indian's Lament

    #9 01:31

  • Sally Greer

    #10 03:17

  • The Twelfth of July

    #11 02:23

  • The Weaver

    #12 03:01

  • The Golden Vanity

    #13 04:22

  • A Fair Maid Walked in Her Father's Garden

    #14 04:43

  • In Bristol There Lived a Fair Lady

    #15 04:42

  • The Wintry Winds

    #16 03:34

  • Mary of the Wild Moor

    #17 02:39

  • The Bold Privateer

    #18 01:51

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

    #19 02:53

About This Title

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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