I was homeward b
ound one night on the deep
Swinging in my hammock I fe
ll asleep
I dre
amed a dream and I tho
ught it tr
ue
Concerning Fra
nklin and his ga
llant c
rew
With a hundred seamen he sai
led away
O’er frozen oceans in the m
onth of May
To seek a passage arou
nd the po
le
Where we poor se
amen must so
metimes g
o
Through cruel hardships they ma
inly strove
Their ship on mountains of i
ce was drove
Only the Eskimo with his s
kin ca
noe
Was the only o
ne that e
ver came thr
ough
In Baffin’s Bay where the wh
ale fishes blow
The fate of Franklin no m
an may know
The fate of Franklin no ton
gue can t
ell
Lord Franklin alo
ne with his sail
ors does dw
ell
And now my body it giv
es me pain
For my long lost Franklin I would cr
oss the main
Ten thousand pounds I would f
reely g
ive
To know on ear
th that my Frank
lin does l
ive