It was 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
With a hundred seamen he sailed away
To the frozen ocean in the month of May
To seek that passage around the pole
Where we poor sailors do sometimes go
Cruel hardships these men didn't know
This ship on mountains of ice was thrown
Only the Eskimo and his snow doctor
Were the only ones
who made it through
In Baffin Bay where the whale fish 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
Now my burden it brings me pain
For my long lost Franklin I'd cross the May
Ten thousand pounds would I freely give
To no one else my Franklin do live
It was 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