Yes, Greg Stephens, you're probably right: lutes and recorders are a bit early for 1860. Trust an unaccompanied singer to get that wrong! "Poor Little Girls of Ontario" relates to the opening of the Canadian West and the abandoning of eastern girlfriends for western opportunities: so 1860's a tad early for that: it's more like post-1885 after the CPR completed its main line.

Edith Fowke is the standard collector for anglo-Ontario, and Germain Lemieux for francoontarien, folksong. Fowke's books (Traditional Singers and Songs from Ontario, Canada's Story in Song, Folksongs of Canada, Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs)are everywhere; Lemieux's will require more of a hunt.

Yes, Muddy York is a group.