Talk:Northwest Passage (song)

Alternate Interpretation of Errors

OK, in the errors section it states that the "three centuries thereafter" refers to amount of time between Franklin's voyage and the singer. However, the lyrics of the song are "Three centuries thereafter, I take passage overland, In the footsteps of brave Kelso, where his sea of flowers began." Kelso refers to Henry Kelsey. It was my belief that the 300 years referred to the time between Kelsey's journey and the narrator's. Kelsey traveled west from Hudson Bay to the prairies in 1690-1691. The song makes more sense like this. Furthermore, the linked source only says that Stan wasn't sure about Kelsey's name. Thoughts?

Maybe something like:

Alternatively, the "three centuries thereafter" may be referring to a journey made by Henry Kelsey, who traveled west from Hudson Bay to the prairies in 1690-1691. The song states "Three centuries thereafter, I take passage overland, In the footsteps of brave Kelso, where his sea of flowers began."

Ref: Henry Kelsey article and sources. Croft465 23:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Exactly! This was precisely the point I came here to vent about! The only error made was by the person who was interpreting the lyrics! --Saforrest 16:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

You two have misinterpreted the word "thereafter", it means "after that", in this context, it would mean "after what I HAD been talking about...", so three centuries after Franklin's voyage, I followed in the footsteps of Kelsey, to paraphrase. It should be changed back to what it was before.24.84.165.93 (talk) 21:04, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Pay attention to poetic license. Words and syntax don't always have their normal meaning. In prose, you would say something like "Three centuries later, I follow Kelsey's footsteps", but that wouldn't have fit in the song's rhythm. The way I believe these verses should be read is "I take passage over land in the footsteps of brave Kelsey, three centuries thereafter..." This is why it is reasonable not to refer to "300 years" as an error. Harachel22 (talk) 02:31, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Covers

Why is the "covers" information repeated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.49.111.140 (talk) 12:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Wolfe

There's just been a discussion on uk.music.folk about The Albion Band's "Wolfe", which sets different words to the tune of this song -- the suggestion is that Ashley Hutchings assumed Rogers' song was traditional. There's a page on Mudcat about Wolfe as well. Adam Sampson (talk) 11:10, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Copyright issues with lyrics

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