Edith Fowke,CM(néeMargaret Fulton; 30 April 1913 inLumsden,Saskatchewan^[1] – 28 Mar 1996 inToronto) was a Canadianfolklorist.^[2] Fowke was educated at the University of Saskatchewan. She hosted theCBC Radio programFolk Song Time from 1950 to 1963.^[3] She wrote numerous books in collaboration with folklorist and composerRichard Johnston, includingFolk Songs of Canada (Waterloo Music Company 1954),Folk Songs of Quebec (Waterloo 1957),Chansons canadiennes françaises (Waterloo 1964), andMore Folk Songs of Canada (Waterloo 1967). She is particularly noted for recording the songs of traditional singers O. J. Abbott,^[2][4]LaRena Clark,^[2][5] and Tom Brandon.^[2] Edith Fowke died in Toronto in 1996.^[6][7]

• Folk Songs of Canada (1954)
• Fowke, Edith (1969).Sally Go Round The Sun: 300 Songs, Rhymes, and Games of Canadian Children.ISBN 0-385-02513-0.
• Lumbering Songs from the Northern Woods (1970)
• Fowke, Edith andBram Morrison (1972).Canadian vibrations = Vibrations canadiennes. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada.^[8]
• The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs. Selected and Edited by Edith Fowke (1973)
• Fowke, Edith;Glazer, Joe (1973).Songs of Work and Protest. New York:Dover Publications.ISBN 9780486228990.OCLC 260008507. )
• Folklore of Canada:Tall Tales, Stories, Rhymes and Jokes From Every Corner of Canada (1976)
• Folktales of French Canada (1979)^[9]
• 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.
• Fowke, Edith (1993).Folktales of French Canada.
• Vikar, L; Jeanette Panagapka (2004).Songs of the North Woods: As sung by O J Abbott and Collected by Edith Fowkes.

• Collected Folk Songs are in theCanadian Museum of Civilization

Commercially issued recordings:

• "Irish and British Songs from the Ottawa Valley" (sung by O. J. Abbott) (Folkways FM 4051)^[10]
• "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)^[11]
• "Lumbering Songs from the Ontario Shanties" (Folkways FM 4052) (1961)^[12]
• "Tom Brandon of Peterborough, Ontario" (Folk-Legacy FSC-10) (1963)

• 1978: Member of theOrder of Canada^[2]
• 1983: Fellow ofRoyal Society of Canada^[13]
• 2000: Lifetime Achievement Award,Folk Alliance (posthumous)^[2]
• 2011:Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame^[13]

• Edith Fowke archives at theClara Thomas Archives and Special Collections,York University Libraries,Toronto, Ontario
• Edith Fowke archives also at the Archives & Special Collections,University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

• 1913 births
• 1996 deaths
• Canadian folklorists
• Canadian women folklorists
• Canadian folk-song collectors
• Writers from Saskatchewan
• University of Saskatchewan alumni
• Members of the Order of Canada
• 20th-century Canadian musicologists

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