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Thread #40025   Message #570391
Posted By: IanC
12-Oct-01 - 07:26 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Farewell to Tarwathie--in public domain??
Subject: RE: Tarwathie
"Farewell to Tarwathie"

According to Ewan MacColl, this whaling song was written in the 1850s by George Scroggie of Aberdeenshire, although the tune might be borrowed from an earlier song. This tune appears in the US as "My Horses Ain't Hungry" and "Rye Whisky". An up-tempo version was a hit in the 1950s as "Shrimp Boats Are A-Comin'". Bob Dylan borrowed the tune for his "Farewell, Angelina", recorded by Joan Baez.

From here.