G C We were homeward bound one night on the deep Am D Swinging in my hammock I fell asleep G C G I dreamed a dream and I thought it true C D C G 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 G C G To seek a passage around the pole C D C G 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 G C G Only the Eskimo with his skin canoe C D C G Was the only one that ever came through G C In Baffin's Bay where the whale fish blow Am D The fate of Franklin no man may know G C G The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell C D C G Lord Franklin among his seamen do dwell G C And now my burden it gives me pain Am D For my Lord Franklin I'd sail the main G C G Ten thousand pounds I would freely give C D C G To say on earth that my Franklin do live.