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Lord Franklin (Lady Franklin​’​s Lament)

by Lynn Craig

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Sir John Franklin wasn’t actually a Lord; this song is an imagined lament by his wife, Lady Jane Franklin, who went to great efforts and expense to discover the truth about his ill-fated expedition to discover a route through the Northwest Passage on the ships ‘Terror’ and ‘Erebus’ between 1845-1847. Due to her efforts, she became known as ‘the widow who refused to accept her widowhood’.

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It 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 he sailed away
To the frozen ocean in the month of May
To seek that passage around the pole
Where we poor sailors do sometimes go

Through cruel hardships these men did go
His ship on mountains of ice was drove
Where the Eskimo in his skin canoe
Was the only one who 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 would I freely give
To know on earth that my Franklin do live

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released April 21, 2018
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Lynn Craig Scotland, UK

Lynn’s first gig was as a teenager in 1966, singing with Liverpool folk-rock group The Bo-Weevils. Early shows included a talent contest at Ken Dodd’s Merseyside Artiste’s Association; where the Bo-Weevils came 3rd out of 26 acts that included comics, jugglers, crooners and a circus strongman!

Lynn sings solo & in the Border Rebels, living with Martin & 3 dogs in a remote part of rural Scotland.
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