Name: Lord Franklin
Channel: trad arr. G.Tyrrall
Description: "Lord Franklin" is a song by Gordon Tyrrall. Traditional broadside ballad from the mid 19th century.The story of arctic explorer Sir John Franklin who set out to find the North West passage in 1845.

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Traditional broadside ballad from the mid 19th century.The story of arctic explorer Sir John Franklin who set out to find the North West passage in 1845.

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Gordon Tyrrall

folk,traditional,english,scottish celtic music

I'm a soloist as far as the music on here is concerned - although I do play with other people - mostly in duos at the moment,with Maggie Boyle,and Brian Peters

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #366

Peak in subgenre #32

Author

trad arr. G.Tyrrall

Rights

g.tyrrall

Uploaded

October 22, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

This song was meant to be from the point of view of Franklin's wife as she sought to raise a rescue expedition.Several were sent out,but it was not until about 20 years ago that the truth emerged.This was the original for Dylans "Bob Dylan's Dream" on Freewheeling.