Edith Fowke, was a Canadian folklorist. Born on April 30, 1913, in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, she was educated at the University of Saskatchewan. She hosted the CBC Radio

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 program Folk Song Time from 1950 to 1963. She wrote numerous books in collaboration with folklorist and composer Richard Johnston

Richard Johnston (composer)

Richard Johnston was a Canadian composer, conductor, editor, folklorist, music critic, music educator, music producer, and university administrator of American birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1957. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he was appointed a Member of the Order...

, including Folk Songs of Canada (Waterloo Music Company

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 1954), Folk Songs of Quebec (Waterloo 1957), Chansons canadiennes françaises (Waterloo 1964), and More Folk Songs of Canada (Waterloo 1967). She is particularly noted for recording the songs of traditional singers O J Abbott, LaRena Clark and Tom Brandon. Edith Fowke died in Toronto in 1996.

Books

• Folk Songs of Canada (1954)
• Lumbering Songs from the Northern Woods (1970)
• The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs. Selected and Edited by Edith Fowke (1973) )
• Folklore of Canada:Tall Tales, Stories, Rhymes and Jokes From Every Corner of Canada (1976)
• Singing Out History: Canada's Story in song (1984)
• Traditional Singers and Songs from Ontario by Edith Fowke and Katherine Boykowycz (1985)
• Red Rover, Red Rover: Children's Games Played in Canada (1988)
• Tales Told in Canada (1988)
• Canadian Folklore Perspectives on Canadian Folklore (1988)
• A Family Heritage: The Story and Songs of Larena Clark by Edith Fulton Fowke and Jay Rahn (1994) Legends Told in Canada (1995)

Recordings

• Collected Folk Songs are in the Canadian Museum of Civilization
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Commercially issued recordings:

• "Irish and British Songs from the Ottawa Valley" (sung by O. J. Abbott) (Folkways FM 4051)
• "Authentic Canadian Folk symbol" (sung by LaRena Clark) (Clark Records LCS 108) (1978)
• "Canada at Turn of the Sod" (sung by LaRena Clark) (LCS 110) (1979)
• "Canada's Queen of Song" (sung by LaRena Clark) (LCS 107) (1978)
• "LaRena Clark: Canadian Garland" (Topic 12T140) (1965)
• "Far Canadian Fields: Companion to the Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs" Leader LEE 4057 (1975)
• "Folk Songs of Ontario" (Folkways FM 4005) (1958)
• "Lumbering Songs from the Ontario Shanties" (Folkways FM 4052) (1961)
• "Tom Brandon of Peterborough, Ontario" (Folk-Legacy FSC-10) (1963)