The Anthology of Canadian Folk Music / Anthologie de la musique folklorique canadienne is a five-CD box-set bilingual compilation containing over five hours of music. The material is drawn from mainly 1950s and 1960s sources, featuring the popular performers of that era--Alan Mills, Hélène Baillargeon, Charles Jordan, Joyce Sullivan, Jacques Labrecque, Diane Oxner, Raoul Roy, Tom Kines, Edith Butler, Jean Price, and Yves Albert. The CDs are organized thematically. CD1 is "Riddle Songs and Traditional Ballads" and "Legendary Ballads and Historical Songs." CD2 is "Romantic Adventures and Tragedies" and "Love Ballads and Laments." CD3 is `Love's Labours Lost" and "Songs of Courtship and Marriage." CD4 is "Songs and Ballads of the Lumber Camps" and "Miscellaneous Work Songs." CD5 is "Sociable and Social Songs" and "Miscellaneous." The bilingual English and French liner notes offer commentary on each song of the compilation in an accompanying 135-page booklet. While much of the material sounds dated, with a taint of parlour, there are some gems in the collection. Unfortunately, for the collector, there are no recording dates or notes about the sources of the recordings.

Anthology of Canadian Folk Music
1997 Fonovox (VOX 7965-2)

CD1: Où vas-tu, mon p'tit garçon (Mills, Alan;Baillargeon, Hélène); The False Knight upon the Road (Jordan, Charles;Sullivan, Joyce); Blanche comme la neige (Labrecque, Jacques); Barbara Allan (Oxner, Diane); Dans les prisons de Nantes (Roy, Raoul); The Broken Ring Song (Kines, Tom;Price, Jean); I'll Give My Love an Apple (Jordan, Charles;Sullivan, Joyce); Une perdriole (Forestier, Louise); The Cambric Shirt (Kines, Tom;Price, Jean); Brave Marin (Albert, Yves); The Cruel Mother (Sullivan, Joyce); Si tu te mets anguille (Mills, Alan;Baillargeon, Hèléne); Le Prince Eugène (Labrecque, Jacques); The Green Willow Tree (Jordan, Charles); La courte paille (Forestier, Louise); Brave Wolfe (Kines, Tom); Le sergent (Albert, Yves); The Ballad of New Scotland (Mills, Alan); Come All You Bold Canadians (Jordan, Charles); Un Canadian errant (Labrecque, Jacques); A Scarborough Settler's Lament (Kines, Tom); Chanson de Louis Riel (Labrecque, Jacques); Anti-Confederation Song (Mills, Alan); O Canada (Art Morrow Singers) 66:40

CD2: Chantons pour y passer le temps (Labrecque, Jacques); A Maid I am in Love (Oxner, Diane); Renaud, le tueur de femmes (Roy, Raoul); Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (Mills, Alan); Le Roi Renaud (Albert, Yves); Who is at My Window Weeping? (Jordan, Charles;Sullivan, Joyce); Hennery, My Son (Jordan, Charles;Sullivan, Joyce); D'où reviens-tu mon fils Jacques (Roy, Raoul); Young Riley (Oxner, Diane); À l'abri d'une olive (Labrecque, Jacques); The Maid on the Shore-O (Kines, Tom;Price, Jean); À la claire fontaine (Labrecque, Jacques); When I Was in My Prime (Oxner, Diane); C'est la belle Françoise (Mills, Alan;Baillargeon, Hèléne); Mary Ann (Jordan, Charles); Si l'amour prenait racine (Forestier, Louise); The Gypsy Daisy (Kines, Tom;Price, Jean); La belle est en prison d'amour (Albert, Yves); The Cuckoo (Sullivan, Joyce); Rossignolet sauvage (Labrecque, Jacques); Burns and His Highland Mary (Kines, Tom;Price, Jean); Ah! toi, belle hirondelle (Forestier, Louise); The Bold Fisherman (Jordan, Charles;Sullivan, Joyce) 73:15

CD3: Soldier, Will You Marry Me? (Jordan, Charles;Sullivan, Joyce); Galant, tu perds ton temps (Albert, Yves); All 'Round My Hat (Oxner, Diane); Le coucou, mesdames (Roy, Raoul); Peggy Gordon (Jordan, Charles); Mon père n'avait fille que moi (Baillargeon, Hélène; Mills, Alan); The Old Man (Oxner, Diane); Dans la ville de Paris (Albert, Yves); The Red River Valley (Sullivan, Joyce); Nanette (Labrecque, Jacques); Hemmer Jane (Kines, Tom); M'sieur le Curé (Baillargeon, Hélène;Mills, Alan); Time to be Made a Wife (Jordan, Charles;Sullivan, Joyce); Mariez-moi, ma petite Maman (Baillargeon, Hélène); My Grandma's Advice (Price, Jean); En menant mes moutons aux champs (Roy, Raoul); I'm Going to be Married Next Monday Morning (Jordan, Charles;Sullivan, Joyce); Wing-Tra-La (Albert, Yves); Jockey to the Fair (Oxner, Diane); J'ai une brune (Mills, Alan;Baillargeon, Hélène); The Laird O'Drum (Kines, Tom); Le mariage anglais (Forestier, Louise); He's Young, but He's Daily A-Growing (Price, Jean); Je sais bien quelque chose (Labrecque, Jacques); Cod Liver Oil (Mills, Alan); J't'aimerais mieux, mon mari (Baillargeon, Hélène); The Farmer's Curst Wife (Kines, Tom;Price, Jean) 62:23

CD4: V'là l'bon vent (Labrecque, Jacques); The Lumberman's Alphabet (Jordan, Charles); C'est dans le mois de mai (En montant la rivière) (Roy, Raoul); Peter Emberley (Kines, Tom); Envoyons d'l'avant, nos gens! (Albert, Yves); Ye Boys of the Island (Mills, Alan); Dans les chantiers nous hivernerons (Labrecque, Jacques); Les Raftsmen (Labrecque, Jacques); Ye Maidens of Ontario (Kines, Tom); Les draveurs de la Gatineau (Roy, Raoul); Johnny Doyle (Jordan, Charles); Fringue, fringue, sur la rivière! (Labrecque, Jacques); Hurlin' Down the Pine (Kines, Tom); C'est l'aviron (Roy, Raoul); Homeward Bound (Mills, Alan); Je le mène bien, mon dévidoir (Forestier, Louise); Haul on the Bowline (Jordan, Charles); Partons, la mer est belle (Labrecque, Jacques); The Honest Working Man (Oxner, Diane); Les voyageurs de la Gatineau (Roy, Raoul); The Old Polina (Jordan, Charles); La plume qui s'envole (Baillargeon, Hélène; Mills, Alan); La laine de nos moutons (Baillargeon, Hélène; Mills, Alan); The Old Chisholm Trail (Jordan, Charles); Fendez le bois, chauffez le four (Albert, Yves); Drill Ye Heroes! (Kines, Tom); Chanson de foulon (Baillargeon, Hélène); The Klondike Gold Rush (Jordan, Charles); La rose blanche (Roy, Raoul); Donkey Riding (Mills, Alan) 66:40

CD5: Vive la Canadienne (Labrecque, Jacques); The Feller from Fortune (Kines, Tom); Ah, si mon moine voulait danser! (Forestier, Louise); I's the B'y that Builds the Boat (Jordan, Charles); M'en revenant de Saint-André (Roy, Raoul); The Sauerkraut Song (Oxner, Diane); Le Curé de Terrebonne (Albert, Yves); Saskatchewan (Mills, Alan); La vieille turlututu (Albert, Yves); Old Grandma (Sullivan, Joyce); Le bal chez Boulé (Labrecque, Jacques); Cotton-Wool Pie (Oxner, Diane); La semaine bachique (Roy, Raoul); Whiskey in the Jar (Kines, Tom); De bon matin (Forestier, Louise); I Went to Market (Mills, Alan;Baillargeon, Hélène); Ma fille vous ne l'aurez pas (Butler, Edith); The Dying Outlaw (Jordan, Charles); The Squid-Jiggin' Ground (Hibbs, Harry); Le petit bateau (Butler, Edith); The Saskatchewan Girl's Lament (Sullivan, Joyce); Mon doux berger (Butler, Edith); The Ryans and the Pitmans (Hibbs, Harry); Isabeau se promène (Forestier, Louise); The Chesapeake and the Shannon (Kines, Tom); L'esseulée (Butler, Edith); The Blooming Bright Star of Belle Isle (Jordan, Charles); Il m'envoit à l'école (Butler, Edith); La semaine ouvrière (Albert, Yves); Marguerite (Butler, Edith); The Government Store (Kines, Tom) 68:51