I sang it for many years. As a evocation of a place and time (the BIG SUR on California's coast) it couldn't be beat. Lilian Bos Ross also wrothe a good novel called "THE STRANGER" which was made into an o.k. (2-star) film called "ZANDY'S BRIDE with Gene Hackman as a coastal settler who brings in a mail order bride. It should've been better.Art Thieme