I happen to have the nine-album set Canadian Folk Songs which Barry T mentioned. It includes a 30-page booklet of liner notes (by Alan Mills), which detail what is known about each song, but does not have lyrics. (But hey, it's fully bilingual! ;)= )

It is not, as such, a collection of field recordings, but rather a collection of songs by professional Canadian folk-revival singers of the 50's/60's, of songs which were collected in Canada. Some of the singers are Mills, Tom Kines, Jacques LaBrecque, Diane Oxner, and Helene Baillargeon (that's Chez Helene from TV for those who were 60's kids in Canada!) There's also a guy named Rauoul Roy who oddly resembles the young Stan Rogers in the cover photo.

All the recording was done specifically for this project, they are not reissues from other records.

The nine records are organized by song category, not region--Riddle Songs and Trad Ballads, Love's Labours Lost, Songs and Ballads of the Lumber Camps, etc.

I haven't listened to it too much because I don't have a turntable with a good needle and it's too good to wreck.

Frankie, PM me if you're interested in a specific song or would like to know more about this very interesting and comprehensive recording. Where are you? I might lend it if you have a decent turntable to spin it on.

Bill Cameron