Lady Franklin's Lament (4) We sailed away down Baffin Bay Where the nights and days were one And the Huskimaw in his skin canoe That was the only living soul The ice king came with his eyes aflame Perched on our noble crew And his chilly breath was cold as death It pierced our warm hearts through in "Ballads and Sea songs from Newfoundland" by Greenlea and Mansfield Collected from Stephen John Lewis of Fleur de Lys, 1929. DT #401 Laws K9 MR oct99
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