traditional Irish air "Cailín Óg a Stór". These versions of "The Croppy Boy" may have been the basis for the later ballad, "Lady Franklin's Lament". The song shares a tune with the traditional air "Cailín Óg a Stór" and other folk songs including versions of "A Sailor's Life". Recordings Traditional recordings Several field recordings of the ballad were made in Canada, particularly in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, by collectors such as Edith Fowke, Helen Creighton and Herbert Halpert. In 1941, Helen Hartness Flanders recorded the song from a man named William Merritt of Ludlow, Maine, USA, who had learnt the song from his Scottish mother; the recording is available online. Three Scottish recordings were recorded in Whalsay in the Shetland islands in the early 1970s from men who probably either learnt the song at sea or from sailors. These recordings can be heard online courtesy of the University of Edinburgh. Popular recordings "Lady Franklin's Lament" has been recorded by numerous artists. A version was recorded as "Lord Franklin" by Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Kevin Burke on their album Promenade (1979). Other notable renditions were recorded by Liam Clancy, Pentangle, Martin Carthy, John Renbourn, and Sinéad O'Connor. Several variations and adaptations of the song have been recorded, such as version by the Duncan McFarlane Band, where the chorus of "Northwest Passage" is added to the end. Bob Dylan wrote his own lyrics to the song's melody—from the traditional air "Cailín Óg a Stór"—for his song "Bob Dylan's Dream", which appeared on his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. In his version, Dylan borrows lyrical ideas from "Lady Franklin's Lament". David Wilcox took a similar approach with his song "Jamie's Secret". Lyrics List of recordings Angelo Branduardi Roy Bailey Martin Carthy Liam Clancy Paul Clayton Connie Dover Bob Dylan Jo Freya Nic Jones A. L. Lloyd John Martyn Sinéad O'Connor Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Kevin Burke Natalia O'Shea Pentangle Pearlfishers John Renbourn Andrew Revkin and David Rothenberg Fred Wedlock David Wilcox References External links by Micheál Ó Domhnaill and Kevin Burke (1979) Folk ballads British folk songs Canadian folk songs Songs about sailors Songs about death Franklin's lost expedition