"Maple Sugar" is Ward Allen's most popular tune. From The Canadian Encyclopedia - (Warden Ambrose) Allen Ward. Fiddler, composer, b Kirkton, near London, Ont, 11 May 1924, d Hull, Que, 3 Aug 1965. He began fiddling at 12, often performing with his brother Lorne, from whom he learned much of his repertoire. After working as a harvester in Manitoba and as a logger in British Columbia, he returned in the late 1940s to western Ontario, where he was heard on the CKNX Barn Dance from Wingham. He won several competitions at this time, including the open class of the 1953 Canadian Open Old Time Fiddlers' Contest. He toured Canada with Wilf Carter 1954-6 and in 1958 and performed in Ottawa with the Happy Wanderers 1955-64on CFRA radio and 1964-5 on CJOH TV. His own recording of if was a hit in Canada and the USA in 1957. (See MP3) The tune, considered a classic of the Canadian fiddle repertoire, has also been recorded by many other performers. On the YouTube clip it's played by a young Peter Dawson.