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Thread #40025 Message #3926676
Posted By: RunrigFan
23-May-18 - 03:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Farewell to Tarwathie--in public domain??
Subject: RE: Origins: Farewell to Tarwathie--in public domain??
As sung by Robert Lovie
Fareweel tae Tarwathie, adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land o Crimond, I bid ye fareweel I am bound out for Greenland and ready tae sail In hopes to find riches in hunting the whale Adieu to my comrades, for a while we must pairt And likewise the dear lass wha fair won my hairt The cold ice of Greenland, my love will not chill I am bound out for Greenland and ready tae sail Awhile I must leave you and go to the sea Wish luck, on the bonnie ship that I am gone wi’ And when I am sailing upon the wide main Be cheerful and happy till I come back again Our ship is weel 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 blaw Where the land and the ocean are covered wi snaw The cold coast of Greenland is barren and bare Nae seed-time nor harvest is ever known there And The birds here sing sweetly over mountain and dale But there isnae a birdie to sing tae the whale Theres no habitation for a man to live there And The king of that country’s the fierce Greenland bear There’ll be nae temptation tae tarry lang there Wi oor ship bumper fu we will homeward repair