h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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

there is also a recording by Martin Carthy, a very moving version of "Lord Franklin" which was unashamedly plagiarized by Bob Dylan.

Martin Carthy of Fairport fame?
I'll have to look for that..

I never heard of Stan Rogers before. Interesting entry...


Fb

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...

I stand corrected Fraggle. Thank you

Fb

no need to stand, Fb, please sit down corrected...

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.

"wide" or "wild" -- its all good!