The Burgessville Mammoth Song by Ian Bell.

Mammoth

A song I wrote for Trevor Hodge old-time tattooist, who I got to know in the early 2000s.

Shallow Water

The Mermaid and the Swallow

Sung by LaRena Clark - Life in a lumber camp. I feel like this tune - a close relative of "The Bigler" and "Hurling Down The Pine", wasn't really born to live in a standard "folk" chord progression. You'll have to make up your own mind about how you feel singing a G# over an E minor chord. I'm not really convinced about the B minor either.

HURRY UP HARRY

An original song about the slow disappearance of rural African-Canadian communities in Southwestern Ontario. From the CD "Signor Farini & Other Adventures".

Signor Farini & Other Adventures

Who Will Sing For Me?

An original song about the commercial fishermen of Port Dover, Ontario - on the north shore of Lake Erie. From the CD "Shallow Water".

Father was A Fisherman

An original song about disappearing ways of life on Lake Erie. From the CD "Shallow Water".

Blackstack Jack

An original song and two original tunes. The song is about playing old tunes. From the CD "Shallow Water".

Rachel Rae / Reels

A quick homemade recording of a new (sort of)seasonal song. Words and music by Ian Bell October, 2017.

ON STOPPING FOR COFFEE IN EXETER

A song by Bruce Milner. Bruce was a commercial fisherman in Port Dover, Ontario for many years. He wrote this song after the loss of the Port Dover fishtug "Captain K." with all hands in March 1991.

Forget Me Not, When Far Away

Bonnie Boy

Ian Bell is a folk musician, and visual artist who currently resides in Paris, Ontario.  Ian has performed across Canada and in the United States since the late 1970s On his own and with a number of groups, he has appeared at countless folk festivals across Canada and abroad and for many years was a regular musical contributor to The Vinyl Café, Fresh Air and other CBC radio programs.
Following the release of three CDs of original material, Ian has created two recordings of traditional songs and tunes - My Pious Friends & Drunken Companions and his latest, Forget Me Not When Far Away - a collection of songs of the Great Lakes.

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