G		        C 
We were homeward bound one night on the deep 
Am		     D 
Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep 
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I dreamed a dream and I thought it true 
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Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew 
 
G			C	 
With 100 seamen he sailed away 
Am			     D 
To the frozen ocean in the month of May 
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To seek a passage around the pole 
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Where we poor sailors do sometimes go. 
 
G				C 
Through cruel hardships they vainly strove 
Am			         D	 
Their ships on mountains of ice was drove 
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Only the Eskimo with his skin canoe 
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Was the only one that ever came through 
 
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In Baffin's Bay where the whale fish blow 
Am			D 
The fate of Franklin no man may know 
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The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell 
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Lord Franklin among his seamen do dwell 
 
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And now my burden it gives me pain 
Am			D 
For my Lord Franklin I'd sail the main 
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Ten thousand pounds I would freely give 
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To say on earth that my Franklin do live.