A Conversation for The Mystery of The Franklin Expedition to the Northwest Passage
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rev. paperboy (god is an iron) Started conversation Apr 3, 2004
The Franklin expedition is mentioned in a song by the excellent Canadian singer-songwriter Stan Rogers in his song Northwest Passage, the chorus of which goes like this:
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
you can see all the lyrics and a video of Stan belting out this great tune at http://stevebriggs.superb.net/stanrogers/nwp.html
and there is a great guide entry (currently in peer review) to be found here http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A880995
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billbc Posted Apr 3, 2004
there is also a recording by Martin Carthy, a very moving version of "Lord Franklin" which was unashamedly plagiarized by Bob Dylan.
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frenchbean Posted Apr 4, 2004
Martin Carthy of Fairport fame?
I'll have to look for that..
I never heard of Stan Rogers before. Interesting entry...
Fb
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Fraggle Posted Jul 25, 2004
Really sorry to be anal about this, But Martin Carthy was never in Fairport. He was in Steeleye Span for a bit. I must now go and punish myself for being a sad folkie. If you hear screams, it's just me sanding my beard down...
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odispellsodi Posted Mar 15, 2005
That's what I THOUGHT Rogers was singing until I got the CD. But he was too great a poet to repeat himself. Its a "Land so WIDE and savage."
The CD, is btw, "Northwest Passage," Fogarty's Cove Music FCM 004D. IMHO "Northwest Passage" is the best thing on it.
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