Lady Franklin's Lament
It was homeward bound one night on the deep
Swinging in my hammock I feel asleep
I dreamed a dream and I thougght it true
Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew.
With 100 seamen he sailed away
To the frozen ocean in the month of May
To seek a passage around the Pole,
Where we poor sailors do sometimes go.
Through cruel hardships these men did go,
Their ship on mountains of ice was drove,
Where the eskimo in his skin canoe
Was the only one that ever came through.
In Baffin Bay where the whale fish blow,
The fate of Franklin no man may know
The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell
Lord Franklin along with his sailors do dwell
And now my burden it gives me pain
For my long lost Franklin I'd cross the main
Ten thousand pounds I would freely give
To know on Earth that my Franklin do live.
