Farewell to Tarwethie

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Farewell to Tarwathie Adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land of Crimmond I bid you farewell For I'm bound off for Greenland And ready to sail For hopes to find riches In hunting the whale [Verse 2] Farewell to my comrades For a while we must part And likewise the dear lass Who first won my heart For the cold coast of Greenland My love will not chill And the longer my absence More loving she'll feel [Verse 3] Our ship is well rigg-ed And ready to sail And the crew, they are anxious To follow the whale Where thе icebergs do float And stormy winds blow And the land and thе ocean Is covered with snow [Verse 4] The cold coast of Greenland Is barren and pale No seed time nor harvest Is ever known there And the birds here sing sweetly In mountain and dale But there's no bird in Greenland To sing for the whale [Verse 5] There is no habitation For a man to live there And the king of that country Is the fierce Greenland bear And there'll be no temptation To tarry long there With our ship bumper full We'll homeward repair [Verse 6] Farewell to Tarwathie Adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land of Crimmond I bid you farewell For we're bound out for Greenland And ready to sail For hopes to find riches In hunting the whale