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Lord Franklin

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It was homewGard bound one night on the deep,C  
Am7
Swinging in my hammock, I Dfell asleep.G  
I dreamed a dream and I tChought it truGe,
Am7
Concerning FranDklin,
CAnd his gallant crGew.
With a hundrGed sailors he sailed awayC  
Am7
The frozen ocean in the moDnth of mayG  
To seek a passage arCound the poleG  
Am7
Where we poor sailors D,
Csometimes have to go.G  
Through Gcruel hardships they vainly Cstrove;
Am7
Their ship on mountains of Dice was drovGe;
Only the Indian with Chis skin canoe,G  
Am7
Was the only one,D  
Cthat ever came through.G  
In BaGffin bay where the whale-fish Cblow
Am7
The fate of Franklin, no mDan may know;G  
The fate of FranklinC, no tongue may Gtell,
Am7
Where Franklin along,D  
Cwith his sailors does dweGll.
AnGd now my burden, it brings me Cpain;
Am7
For my long, lost Franklin DI would crosGs the main;
Ten thousand guineas CI would freely Ggive
Am7
To say on Earth,D  
Cthat my Franklin does livGe..

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Lord Franklin

by George Malcolm Laws

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Am7

G C

It was homeward bound one night on the deep,

Am7

D G

Swinging in my hammock, I fell asleep.

C G

I dreamed a dream and I thought it true,

Am7

Concerning Franklin,

C G

And his gallant crew.

G C

With a hundred sailors he sailed away

Am7

D G

The frozen ocean in the month of may

C G

To seek a passage around the pole

Am7

Where we poor sailors ,

C G

sometimes have to go.

G C

Through cruel hardships they vainly strove;

Am7

D G

Their ship on mountains of ice was drove;

C G

Only the Indian with his skin canoe,

Am7

Was the only one,

C G

that ever came through.

G C

In Baffin bay where the whale-fish blow

Am7

D G

The fate of Franklin, no man may know;

C G

The fate of Franklin, no tongue may tell,

Am7

Where Franklin along,

C G

with his sailors does dwell.

G C

And now my burden, it brings me pain;

Am7

D G

For my long, lost Franklin I would cross the main;

C G

Ten thousand guineas I would freely give

Am7

To say on Earth,

C G

that my Franklin does live..

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