Folk Songs of Ontario

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.

Track Listing

101	The Poor Little Girls of Ontario	Mrs. Hartley (Ethel) Minifie	01:52
102	The Banks of the Don	Mr. O. J. Abbott	01:33
103	Johnson's Hotel	Mrs. Tom (Geraldine) Sullivan	01:54
104	The Murder of F. C. Benwell	Lamont Tilden	01:52
105	The Murder of Maggie Howie	Mrs. Tom (Geraldine) Sullivan	02:58
106	The Railroad Boy	Martin Sullivan	02:01
107	The Hobo's Grave	Tom Brandon	01:24
108	The Little Indian Maid	Lotys Murrin	02:02
109	The Indian's Lament	Mrs. Tom (Geraldine) Sullivan	03:06
110	Sally Greer	Martin McManus	03:17
111	The Twelfth of July	Tom Brandon	02:23
201	The Weaver	Mrs. Jack Keating	03:01
202	The Golden Vanity	Joe Kelly	04:22
203	A Fair Maid Walked in Her Father's Garden	Mrs. William Towns	04:43
204	In Bristol There Lived a Fair Maiden	Jimmie Hefferman	04:42
205	The Wintry Winds	Mrs. Jack Keating	03:34
206	Mary of the Wild Moor	Letys Murrin	02:39
207	The Bold Privateer	Tom Brandon	01:51
208	General Wolfe	Mrs. Margaret Ralph	02:21
209	What Is the Life of a Man Any More than the Leaves?	Mrs. William Towns	02:53