Lord Franklin (also titled 'Lady Franklin's Lament' for her husband)
 

traditional song - arr Graham Dodsworth

mp3 Thought to be written by Franklin's wife or at least commissioned by her, it tells of Franklin's failed mission to find the elusive North West Passage around the North Pole which was never found because it never existed. Sometimes the survival of pioneers depended on the existence of a theoretical geographic feature that didn't exist, this is perhaps the best example of the concept.
   
click 'screen' button at left to view youTube production of this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aV1AwV2tug
   
click 'book' button at left to view broadsheet of original lyrics for the song: Lady Franklin's Lament (for her husband).

The tune of this song is much older than 'Bob Dylan's Dream', and also the source of some of the lines such as 'I dream a dream and thought it true' and 'and now my burden do give me pain'. Dylan leaned on tradition for other songs such as 'Girl of the North Country' from 'Elphin Knight' or better known as a version of the ballad, 'Scarborough Fair'. 'Scarborough Fair' has it's own similar story where a Martin Carthy version/arrangement was made famous by Simon & Garfunkel after Paul Simon collected it from him at a dinner party. Dylan also used a tune for an arrangment of another song, he found in the UK and assumes was a traditional tune for 'Jim Jones of Botany Bay', a song believed to have been written by 'Frank the Poet'. There is a more traditional tune for 'Jim Jones' but the one Dylan found was actually written by Mic Slocum, formerly of the (Melbourne) Bushwackers and The Sundowners.

Dodsworth-songsmith
 This recording is nice but casual. A release quality recording will hopefully follow soon.
This mp3 is as yet unreleased

Graham Dodsworth - arrangement, vocal & guitar