I have always thought of Ralph McTells Streets Of London as a modern folk song. LOL Well I would have to say stuff by Gordon lightfoot or Stan Rogers comes closest now. There are a lot of great folk artists in Canada, some well known (Dave Stone and Vince Morash I have met and like very much) as George Seto mentioned above; some not so well known but composing some awesome folk music.Eileen McGann is one of my favourite Canadians.

ARTIST: Eileen McGann
TITLE: Turn It Around
Lyrics and Chords


[Capo 4]

Cold night in December
In a shelter on the Bloor Street line
Ice on the windows
Ice in his bones, no warmth, no wine
Plastic, magic
Wishing wand on the frozen ground
See the sparkle catch his eye now
Oh, as he turns it around

/ G D / C D / G D / C D / Em Bm / C D / G D / C D G - /

{Refrain}
Turn it around, turn it around
See the silver stars fall from a blue, blue sky
Are you wishing in hope or do you wish you could die
Or do you wish you could turn it around
{Repeat}

/ D CG / D GC / D GEm / D G / :

Cold night in December
In an earlier time, another place
Warmth all around him
A fireplace glows on a young boy's face
Nose to the window
Snowflakes dance in the street lamp's glare
See the sparkle catch his eye now
Oh, can you see it in there

{Refrain}

Cold night in December
And a young man drifts through falling snow
Warmth shines from windows
But it don't shine on him, he's got someplace to go
Lights in the bar room
Glitter down on an empty glass
See the sparkle catch his eye now
Oh, did it find you at last?

{Refrain}

Cold night in December
In a shelter on the Bloor Street line
Ice on the windows
Ice in his bones, no warmth, no wine
Snowflakes and rainfall
Mingle on the icy ground
See them sparkle in his blue, blue eyes
Oh, as he turns it around

{Refrain}

Are you wishing in hope or do you wish you could die
Or do you wish you could turn it around

/ D GEm / D G /