Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pentangle
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Renbourn
Songwriter
Jacqui McShee
Songwriter
Danny Thompson
Songwriter
Bert Jansch
Songwriter
Terry Cox
Songwriter
Pentangle
Arranger
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
'Twas 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
[Verse 2]
With a hundred seamen he sailed away
To the frozen ocean in the month of May
To seek a passage around the pole
Where we poor seamen do sometimes go
[Verse 3]
Through cruel hardships they mainly strove
Their ships on mountains of ice was drove
Only the Eskimo in his skin canoe
Was the only one that ever came through
[Verse 4]
In Baffin Bay where the where the whale fishes 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
[Verse 5]
And now my burden, it gives me pain
My long lost Franklin, I would cross the main
Ten thousand pounds would I freely give
To say on Earth that my Franklin do live
Written by: Bert Jansch, Danny Thompson, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn, Terry Cox