D G
I was homeward bound one night on the deep
Em A
Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep
D G D
I dreamed a dream and I thought it true
Em A G D G
Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew
D G
With a hundred seamen he sailed away
Em A
O'er frozen oceans in the month of May
D G D
To seek a passage around the pole
Em A G D G
Where we poor seamen must sometimes go
D G
Through cruel hardships they mainly strove
Em A
Their ship on mountains of ice was drove
D G D
Only the Eskimo with his skin canoe
Em A G D G
Was the only one that ever came through
D G
In Baffin's Bay where the whale fishes blow
Em A
The fate of Franklin no man may know
D G D
The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell
Em A G D G
Lord Franklin alone with his sailors does dwell
D G
And now my burden it gives me pain
Em A
For my long lost Franklin I would cross the main
D G D
Ten thousand pounds would I freely give
Em A G D G D
To say on earth that my Franklin does live
