"Farewell to Tarwathie" (; ) is a folk song written by George Scroggie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland around 1850. The piece is part of the collection The Peasant's Lyre, preserved in the Library of Congress, published in 1857 in Aberdeen, in which the poem Farewell to Tarwathie appears with 16 stanzas.George Scroggie, The Peasant's Lyre, A Collection of Miscellaneous Poems (Strichen, Aberdeenshire, printed by William Bennett, 1857, p. 73). Re-typed by Dwight Fay Rettie.
Recordings 1966 – Gordon McIntyre, A Wench, a Whale and a Pint of Good Ale 1970 – Judy Collins, Whales and Nightingales 1971 – Ewan MacColl, on The Critics Group's album As We Were A-Sailing 1973 – Fungus (band), Farewell To Tarwathie 1975 – Liam Clancy, Farewell To Tarwathie (album), Plainsong Records – PS 1001, Canada 2008, "Fareweel Tae Tarwathie" by Bounding Main released on their 2008 album Going Overboard 2023, The Longest Johns, released on their Album "C-Sides"
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