Don't forget Far Canadian Fields which was released as Leader LEE 4057 as a companion to the Penguin Book of Canadian Folksongs in the early 1970s. It was the first clue I received as to the riches of Canadian folksong and which is now almost totally unobtainable, due to the shenanglings of Mr D**E B****R . If anybody ever fancies doing a bootleg and ruining Mr **** ******'s day, here's the tracklist. A 1 LOSS OF THE ELLEN MUNN, THE Mr. & Mrs. Albert Simms A 2 H'EMMER JANE, THE Clyde Gilmour A 3 WHEN THE SHANTYBOY COMES DOWN Jim Doherty A 4 LAKE OF THE CAOGAMA, THE Lennox Gavan A 5 YOUNG SPANISH LASS, THE Mr. & Mrs. Albert Simms A 6 LONESOME SCENES OF WINTER, THE John Leahy A 7 JOLLY RAFTSMAN O, THE Arlington Frazer (Mrs) A 8 BY THE HUSH ME BOYS O. J. Abbott A 9 LIFE IN A PRAIRIE SHACK Charles Cates (Captain) A 10 YOUNG MACDONALD Arlington Frazer (Mrs) B 1 WILLIE DROWNED IN ERO Eva Bigrow, Mrs. B 2 PLAINS OF WATERLOO, THE O. J. Abbott B 3 BONNY BUNCH OF RUSHES GREEN, THE O. J. Abbott B 4 SEVEN GYPSIES ON YON HILL Robert Campbell B 4 WEAVER, THE O. J. Abbott B 5 FOOTBOY, THE Emerson Woodcock
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