Folklore

A tribute to the storytellers, balladeers, and tradition-keepers of Canadian music. FolkLore explores the rich tapestry of songs passed down through generations—tales of love, labour, loss, and life from every corner of the country. From traditional fiddle tunes and sea shanties to field recordings, protest songs, and contemporary folk revivalists, this room captures the voices that shaped Canada’s cultural memory. Rooted in place, steeped in history—this is Canada’s living folklore, preserved in song.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Blondahl, Omar	Harbour le Cou	Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song	02:29
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Drumlin	Homeward Bound	Mackerel Skies	03:07
Clemens, Lucinda	Le départ du soldat - A Soldier Leaves His Girl	Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis	01:38
Ladies & Escorts	Somebody Robbed the CPR	CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song	02:39
Compilation	Emile Benoit - Roaming Scott - Welcome To Holiday Inn	Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador	04:54
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat	MacMillan River Love Song	Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs	04:58
Karr, Hank	Yukon Gold	Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads	02:58
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	John Cousins - Peter Emberley	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	03:33
Hemsworth, Wade	Foolish You (vocals Kate & Anna McGarrigle)	The Land of the Muskeg	03:19
Drumlin	The Twa Brothers	Mackerel Skies	04:03
Blondahl, Omar	Squid Jiggin' Ground	Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song	03:36
Compilation	Tickle Harbour - Staten Island - Sligo Maid - Cooley's Reel	Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador	03:19
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Ballads	03:23
MacIsaac, Hector	The Logging Bee (Narration)	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	00:37
Phillips, Stu	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
MacIsaac, Hector	Fiddle vs Cudgels (Narration)	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	01:28
Compilation	Rufus Guinchard - Out Behind the House - Up the Southern Shore	Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador	02:44
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid Jiggin' Ground	My Newfoundland	03:12
Compilation	Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 02	Nitjautiit Vol .2	00:37
Phillips, Stu	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Blondahl, Omar	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Blondahl, Omar	Concerning One Summer in Bonay	Songs of Sea and Shore	02:19
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Blondahl, Omar	Cod Liver Oil	Songs of Sea and Shore	03:07
Newfoundland Mummers	Tribute to Newfoundland	Newfoundland Mummers	03:14
Meehan, Leonard	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Compilation	Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 04	Nitjautiit Vol .2	00:28
Compilation	Charlie Panigoniak - Jingle Bells	Nitjautiit Vol .2	02:17
MacIsaac, Hector	We’re Leaving Now	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	04:19
Newfoundland Mummers	My Boy Willy	Newfoundland Mummers	03:53
Newfoundland Mummers	Muddy Musk	Newfoundland Mummers	02:12
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	Tommy Banks - The Crooked Hip	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	02:07
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	Tommy Banks - When Johnny Went Plowing For Kearon	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	03:09
Blondahl, Omar	Eileen	Songs of Sea and Shore	03:15
Blondahl, Omar	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Clemens, Lucinda	Petits enfants - An Old Man's Request	Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis	04:40
Oster, Al	'98 Trail	Yukon Ballads	02:52
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Phillips, Stu	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat	Towhata Lake	Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs	04:06
Compilation	Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 05	Nitjautiit Vol .2	00:20
Boire, Dave	Up in Alaska Land	Up in Alaska Land b/w The Legend of 12 Foot	02:46
Compilation	Lucille Dumont - Le ciel se marie avec la mer	12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957	03:30
Blondahl, Omar	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Compilation	Alexs Utatnaq - Situraujapqakkapta	Nitjautiit Vol .2	03:12
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat	The Warrior Song	Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs	04:50
Compilation	Leo O'Brien - Dickie Melbourne	Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador	08:39
Blondahl, Omar	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves)	The Ballad of Mosey Burns	Side by Each	03:31
Oster, Al	Echo of the Yukon	Northland Ballads	02:48
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Hauschild, George & Carole	Yukon Song	Yukon Song (split with Earl Hughes)	02:34
Peacock, Ken	Brown Flour, 1926	Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland	02:42
Phillips, Stu	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Compilation	Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 06	Nitjautiit Vol .2	00:25
Newfoundland Mummers	Mummers Jig (Don McLean)	Newfoundland Mummers	02:35
Heywood, Earl	They're Gonna Hang Jim Donnelly	Tales of the Donnelly Feud	02:02
Compilation	William Tagoona - Inuit Nunani	Nitjautiit Vol .2	02:20
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Clark, Larena	The Bonny Young Irish Boy	Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song	01:15
Drumlin	Down in Old Ireland	Mackerel Skies	03:29
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Blondahl, Omar	John Yetman	Songs of Sea and Shore	01:28
MacIsaac, Hector	Settling In (Narration)	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	01:11
Noble, Geoff	Fort Langley	Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia	04:12
Drumlin	My Irish Girl	Mackerel Skies	02:10
Newfoundland Mummers	What a Friend We Have in Jesus	Newfoundland Mummers	04:42
Blondahl, Omar	The H'emm'r Jane	Songs of Sea and Shore	02:36
Clark, Larena	The Drunkard's Daughter	Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song	01:22
Blondahl, Omar	Homeward Bound	Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song	00:44
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves)	Squid Jiggin' Time in Hampton Town	Side by Each	02:35
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves)	Headed for Cape Breton	Side by Each	02:47
Oster, Al	Arctic Eskimo	Northland Ballads	02:27
Tiller's Folly	McCulloch's Wonder	Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia	04:52
Conroy, Charles "Whitewater"	The Ballad of Woodfibre	The Ballad of Woodfibre b/w Bennett's Railroad Song	02:13
Drumlin	Silvy	Mackerel Skies	02:32
Clark, Larena	My Delia Dear	Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song	01:22
Hemsworth, Wade	The Wild Goose (vocal Wade Hemsworth)	The Land of the Muskeg	02:46
Noble, Geoff	The Cariboo Fusiliers	Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia	02:56
Tiller's Folly	The Electric Railway Line	A Ripple in Time	05:21
Oster, Al	Echo of the Yukon	Yukon Ballads	02:53
Blondahl, Omar	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Blondahl, Omar	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Blondahl, Omar	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Compilation	Peter and Susan Aningmiuq - Ataatagaina	Nitjautiit Vol .2	03:07
Blondahl, Omar	Black Flies Of Ontario	Favourite Folk Songs	03:31
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	John Cousins - The Boys of the Island	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	01:52
Oster, Al	My Yukalaska Girl	Northland Ballads	01:54
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	John Cousins - Let Her Go	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	00:19
Phillips, Stu	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Blondahl, Omar	Big Rock Candy Mountain	Favourite Folk Songs	03:12
MacIsaac, Hector	Sir Edmund Walker Head	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	02:48
Tiller's Folly	Twenty-Three Camels	A Ripple in Time	03:16
Clark, Larena	Burns And His Highland Mary	Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song	02:50
Clemens, Lucinda	La rose blanche - The White Rose	Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis	01:53
Phillips, Stu	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Peacock, Ken	Green Shores of Fogo	Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland	02:39
Blondahl, Omar	Old Dan Tucker	Favourite Folk Songs	01:45

Folklore

Christl, Margaret and Ian Robb - The Barley Grain For Me

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Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves) - Side by Each

Peacock, Ken - Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland

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Oster, Al - Northland Ballads

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Scammel, Arthur R. - My Newfoundland

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Phillips, Stu - Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

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Hemsworth, Wade - The Land of the Muskeg

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Phillips, Stu - A Visit to British Columbia

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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Tiller's Folly - Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia

Vigneault, Gilles - Mon pays

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Blondahl, Omar - Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song

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Scammel, Arthur R. - Lukey's Boat // The Kelligrew's Soiree

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Oxner, Diane - Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia

Ladies & Escorts - CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song

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Tiller's Folly - A Ripple in Time

Bedore, Bernard Vance - The Hornets and the Fence Posts b/w Along the Opeongo/ Fiery Kate and Dickory Dan (picture sleeve)

Watkins, Reg - Newfoundland Mummers comp

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Mills, Alan - Folkloriquement Vôtre

Big Billy & Sebastian - Goin' Home b/w The Ballad of Fred Quilt

Prentice, Ernie with Pat Trudell & Trio - I Was Born About 100 Years Ago/ In My Little Old Sod Shanty b/w The Old Settler’s Song/ When The Ice Worms Nest Again (picture sleeve)

Lauzon, Paul & The River String Band - Songs & Dances of New Brunswick

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Blondahl, Omar - Songs of Sea and Shore

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Plotnikoff, Serge - Beautiful British Columbia

Dempster, Linda - Folklore In Song

Banks, Tommy and John Cousins - A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs

Buckna, Pat & Jim Green - Flint and Steel: Poetry and Music from the Northwest Territories (re-issue)

Karr, Hank - Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads

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Buddy Wasisname & the Other Fellers - Flatout

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