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Thread #170957   Message #4136388
Posted By: Stewie
12-Feb-22 - 08:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Cyril Tawney's 'Lady Franklin's Lament'
Subject: RE: Origins: Cyril Tawney's 'Lady Franklin's Lament'
Hi Richard,

'Sailor's Delight' has the title as 'Lady Franklin's Lament'. Your transcription accords with the rendition on 'Sailor's Delight' except stanza 2 line 2 has 'I heard a lady in deep deplore'. In stanza 6 line, it sounds to me more like 'Perry' rather than 'Fairey'. There is a final stanza on 'Sailor's Delight':

And now my burden it gives me pain
For my long-lost husband across the main
Ten thousand pounds would I freely give
To know on earth that my Franklin do live

--Stewie.