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Thread #11484   Message #86205
Posted By: John Moulden
12-Jun-99 - 04:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Franklin
Subject: RE: Franklin
Lady Franklin's lament is Laws K9

It commonly has two different first lines:

It was homeward bound etc or Come ye seamen bold etc and the second verse begins - it was homeward bound

There is another song about Franklin which on ballad sheets was called "Lament of the fate of Sir J Franklin and his crews" it starts "You tender Christians pray attend"

Some references follow:

LAMENT OF THE FATE OF SIR J. FRANKLIN AND HIS CREWS You tender Christians I pray attend Baring-Gould Coll (British Library) Vol.5, No.216 Baring-Gould Coll

SIR J. FRANKLIN AND HIS CREW You tender Christians I pray attend Broadside facsimile orinted in Leslie Shepard, Broadside Ballad p.155 Text only

I have the second but have not seen the first.