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Farewell to Tarwathie 
Farewell to Tarwathie By George Scroggie 
Farewell to Tarwathie, adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land o' Crimond, I'll bid you fareweel I'm bound out for Greenland and ready to sail In hopes to find riches in hunting the whale 
Adieu to my comrades, for awhile we must part And likewise the dear lass that fair won my heart The cold ice of Greenland, my love will not chill And the longer my absence, more loving she'll feel 
Our ship is well rigged and she's ready to sail Our crew, they are anxious to follow the whale Where the icebergs do float and the stormy winds blow Where the land and the ocean are covered with show 
The cold coast of Greenland is barren and bare No seed time nor harvest is ever known there And the birds here sing sweetly on mountain and dale But there isn't a birdie to sing tae the whale 
There is no habitation for a man to live there And the king of that country is the fierce Greenland bear And there will be no temptation to tarry long there Wi' our ship bumper full, we will homeward repair 
recorded by July Collins on Whales and Nightingales SOF