The song is told from the perspective of a sailor on board a ship. He tells of a dream he had of Lady Jane Franklin speaking of the loss of her husband, Sir John Franklin, who disappeared in Baffin Bay during his 1845 expedition through the Arctic Ocean in search of a Northwest Passage sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
The song is told from the perspective of a sailor aboard a ship. He recounts a dream he had of Lady Jane Franklin speaking about the loss of her husband, Sir John Franklin, who vanished in Baffin Bay during his 1845 expedition through the Arctic Ocean to find a Northwest Passage sea route to the Pacific Ocean.