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Lord Franklin Lyrics by Jim Moray

Upcetera

2016

I was homeward-bound one night on the deep
Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep
I dreamed a dream, and I thought it true
Concerning Franklin, and his gallant crew
With a hundred seamen they sailed away
On that frozen ocean in the month of May
To seek passage around the poles
Where we poor sailors, do sometimes go
Through cruel hardships, they vainly strove
Their ships on mountains of ice and snow
But the Eskimo in his skin canoe
Was the only one that ever came through
Came through
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
In Baffin Bay where the whalefish blow
The fate of Franklin no man may know
The fate of Franklin, no tongue may tell
Lord Franklin alone with his sailors do dwell
And now my burden, it gives me pain
For long-lost Franklin, I would cross the main
Ten thousand pounds I would freely give
To know on earth, that my Franklin do live
Do live
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
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Jim Moray

Jim Moray

About “Lord Franklin” by Jim Moray

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"Lord Franklin" appears on "Upcetera" in 2016.

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