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Franklin's Crew

from So Ends This Day by éilís kennedy

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This version of the well-known song about the fate of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition from England to the Northwest Passage , I found in a wonderful book called “Songs Of American Sailormen” by Joanna C Colcord. The efforts of many to solve the riddle had not yet been rewarded by the time this version was written.
According to Joanna Colcord’s’ meticulous notes “ it is possible to fix with considerable accuracy the dates between which the version must have been composed; it was after Captain Osborne sailed for the Arctic in 1852 , and before Captain Leopold McClintock’s discovery in 1859 “
Oh Captain Osborne of Scarbury town
Granville and Perry of great renown
And Captain Ross and many more
Have since been cruising on the Arctic shore

lyrics

Franklin’s Crew Erebus & Terror


While homeward bound across the deep
Snug in my hammock I fell asleep
I dreamt these lines , which I think are true
Concerning Franklin and his brave crew

And as we neared old England’s shore
I saw a lady in deep deplore
She wept aloud and seemed to say
Alas , my Franklin is long away

It’s a long time now since those ships of fame
Bore my long – lost husband across the main
And a hundred seamen with courage stout
To find the Northwestern passage out

To seek a passage by the North Pole
Where storms do rage and wild waters roll
‘Tis more than mortal men can do
With heart undaunted and courage true

They sailed east and they sailed west
‘long Greenland’s coast which they knew the best
Through cruel dangers they vainly strove
And on the ice their ships were drove


In Baffin’s Bay where the right whale blows
The fate of Franklin no man may know
Ten Thousand pounds would I freely give
To know that on earth my Franklin lives

credits

from So Ends This Day, released June 18, 2020
TRAD ARR KENNEDY / O BEIRNE
performed by Eilis kennedy
Gerry O’ Beirne : 6 string and 12 string guitars Eamon Mc Elholm : Harmonium
Shaun Davey : Estey pedal reed organ
Vocals / Chorus : Shaun Davey , Rita Connolly

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éilís kennedy Dingle, Ireland

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,Amhráin , Béarla & Gaelainn from the South-West of Ireland.

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