Farewell To Tarwathie - Judy Collins

[@kellymilligan9365]

This Song Reminds me of my Mom, She Loved this Song and when I was a little Tyke she played often. Mom I Miss You This Song is for you. 6-29-1946---3-30-2017

[@asiatmpo1]

Kisses and hugs to you! Mine passed 11 Jan 1925-21 Dec 2017. We had an a farewell greeting two months before she left us, from a Beluga whale on the St Lawrence river.

[@Hillers62]

I've always loved Judy Collins...Send in the Clowns was my favorite...until I heard this song on the radio one day while I was repairing my car...I stopped...dropped everything...and was captivated by the sound...the whales, and her angelic voice...without instruments...it was beautiful...

[@Sunflowers159]

I've always loved this song. Absolutely beautiful harmony with whale song.

[@brandonmorad737]

seekers another you

[@scottishwifie14]

Love this song I can see Mormond Hill from my house live 6 miles from Crimond my friends stay at Tarwathie farm. Aberdeenshire. I studied marine biology the whales song is haunting and Judy Collins voice is amazing. Save the whales stop the hunting.

[@LarryBees]

Great stuff friend. I climbed Mormond hill a few days ago I'ts beautiful we saw Tarwathie on the map.

[@rkgk1517]

Her voice is a great human compliment to the beautiful mysterious whale song

[@seangage9088]

This has been one of my favourites for years....

[@chriswright1953]

Haunting whale song and her astonishing voice. What a combination. Beautiful.

[@ColonelCustard]

I dated a dolphin trainer back in the 80s, who took me for a late night swim with the captive dolphin, Dixie. The acoustics of the abysmal tank room were perfect for singing this song. Dixie stayed still, hanging in the water and listening intently to me sing. A sad, sweet memory every time I hear this.

[@lisamcguire7778]

Silas Frost I hate that free beings are captives... and like your sensitive statement about that memory. Heartbreaking though...

[@jeanburk9539]

The 80's, when we first began to understand that whales had emotions and songs and families.

[@javadude54]

Decades after I first heard it and it still brings tears to my eyes.

[@helixjc]

javadude54 oh man! Me too! Makes you wish all hunting would cease. GOD bless the whales and all wildlife.

[@helixjc]

Berliner Stadtschloss and you're heart is full of rubbish if you feel that way.

[@chriswright1953]

Me too. Can’t hardly hear it dry eyed.

[@piecatlady4289]

Wonderful video and a heartfelt introduction to it. Tarwathie is in Scotland, my ancient homeland, which I only dream of seeing some day...

[@stevesanzari7294]

One Of Judy’s Greatest Songs ! The Singing Humpbacks is a Nice touch ! I still have the Original Album ! Was Not a Fan of Whaling But Do Love the 19th Century Sea life ! Herman Melvins Moby Dick always comes to mind ! Rooted for Moby Dick All the Way !

[@majorlurk]

What a voice. What a song.

[@twicebittenthasme5545]

How's this for irony? I had lived in Nova Scotia for a bit in the early 70's. It was a magical place...and when I was in the Navy, just prior, that had been one of my absolute favorite tunes! The memories just flooded my senses... Lovely photos and an excellent choice for accompaniment! Her beautiful voice, the whalesong and great scenery. Wow! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@stevesanzari7294]

Judy has a Beautiful Voice And Never had a Singing Lesson ! Loved Her !

[@yvonneking833]

She did have a voice teacher who trained her in the bel canto method of singing

[@cristinacastelli1501]

Great voice and emotion for me beautifull and PEACE

[@randybyrne4865]

Judy's perfect voice, accompanied by the whales in perfect harmony.

[@charlesrae3793]

What a brilliant marriage of music and image.Your photos are magnificent.

[@philomenamuinzer4805]

Your wonderful photoshoot to the plaint of Judy Collins, I have played it over and over again. Beautiful shots, beautiful voice, beautiful editing.

[@James_Knott]

This song shows what a wonderful voice Judy Collins has. It's even better than her rendition of Amazing Grace, which in itself is a tough act to follow.

[@stephenhansen6603]

Still brings tears to my eyes...

[@gaelhawley8719]

Wonderful, what a voice she has, such sole, the whales voices make this even more dramatic, I listen to this very often, calms the spirit, If you close your eyes and relax, there is just you and this beautiful music.

[@jessielindsay1387]

im 20 years old, and my mom has been singing this song to me for as long as i can remember. the experience you just amazingly explained has to be one of my favorite things about life

[@carolinemitchell5241]

Magical. Judy Collins' voice always is & with this lovely song.

[@wiwoods4me]

This does to you what the call of loons do to me. At sunset on a quiet lake it reaches down deep inside me, their song. The whales are our souls of the sea. Thank You.

[@dniwdniwssom]

❤️

[@roblenheiser573]

Beautiful, just beautiful!! 😀☝️☝️

[@alycatpublishing1164]

Beautiful. I was fortunate to see Judy Collins perform at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Memorable!

[@richardwilson1234]

One of the most beautiful songs.

[@PLA5207]

Magnificent! Thank you Stan (and Judy and whales)!

[@brianreilly8661]

she sings it with so much emotion superb video too

[@groovyguru5314]

that's a beautiful video to go with this beautiful song Thank you very much

[@maximuusintanios3396]

I remember getting this record that was included in National Geographic magazine on their study on how whales communicate. An amazing piece of work and made me love her voice even more.

[@karlamalcolm9249]

Amazing gorgeous photos…. And her voice is the perfect compliment- flawless.

[@gailwilliams2678]

Thank you -- just thank you.

[@masterlenser]

This song proves that Judy Collins had the purest voice of all time. I didn’t always like the way she used it such as her choices to relocate the phrasing in many places in Someday soon, but her tonal quality is simply superb. Suzy Boggus best her hands down with her version of Someday soon, but for pure elegant beauty o tone, no one can even come close. And the way she was able to blend her voice with those of the whales is purely angelic!

[@nannysimpkinswhalen]

The perfect song to accompany your photo shoot. I am reminded both of my few years on Cape Cod where I was privileged to see many humpbacks and, as someone already noted, my visit to Scotland. Lovely.

[@toepetal5pink244]

One of the firsts to record whale language on album love you for that one very thing sing on whales😢

[@sammyloffredo6414]

Just beautiful

[@georgefoulkes3784]

absolutely beautiful and moving from the fabulous miss Colins

[@EcclesStephen]

If I'm fortunate enough to have foreknowledge of the approximate time of my death, I will set down on paper the names of 15 or 20 songs that I want to be played at my memorial service. This song will be one of them . . .

[@tikibargirl5548]

Stephen Eccles I understand, sympathize, and totally agree with you. I wish to be buried at sea, with this song, when I go. You have a kindred spirit.

[@raestruthers609]

Edie Brickell

[@briankettleson290]

I like "smile" written by charle chaplain and sung by Nat King Cole.

[@covkid52]

Why not do it now and add on occasionally? My funeral service (according to my wishes) has been written for about 30 years (I'm 66).I'm planning on being around for a while yet!

[@Johnnychuffchuff]

@@covkid52 "You Don't Matter Any More" sung by Buddy Holly....

[@briandrier3864]

beautifully done, stan, with images as evocative as the tune that seems to have inspired them. I've loved this tune--and the album--for well over 40 years: a much beloved part of the musical patchwork that raised me. thanks for posting!

[@bryanbridenbaugh3114]

Breathtaking

[@sylvialane6071]

The dog makes this perfect! Thank you.

[@jerryshepherd1645]

That is not dogs

[@MSYNGWIE12]

Stunning images set to the divine voice of Judy Collins and the extraordinary, haunting, SAVE THEM, "voices" of the whales, fantastic thanks Namaste,Z Perhaps people like you will make more people act to preserve our glorious planet- I am covered in goose bumps, how could anybody kill such a unique animal- so precious- unicorns don't exist except in the minds of creative authors and great kids, but these creatures DO.

[@deborahknight8875]

Great photographs in perfect harmony with the song. (Love the dog, too!)

[@jerryshepherd1645]

I don’t thank that is dogs. I believe they are whale

[@ShelleySomerville]

SO reminiscent of the North of Scotland...chilling seawaves, barren rocks, seagrass beaches, firtree sentinels, scudding rainclouds and wild skies...xo

[@jackieshmueli1850]

Amazing ! Greetings from Israel

[@Couldnteventhink]

I loved this song so much.

[@adhirley1]

Just amazingly beautiful!!! Cheers from Brazil!!

[@ruthmcchesney4957]

Becky darling, I haven't listened to this SO haunting song since the days in Norwich over 30 years ago. Remembering you, my lovely friend.

[@rtubeyou2010]

Always loved Judy Collins' version of this fantastically haunting song, tremendous photography --- complete with a dog not out of place in Stephen D.'s wanderings in Ulysses! Greenland must have seemed both mysteriously inviting and terrifying all at once, maybe see also SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW by Peter Hoeg? {"Like John Le Carre and Graham Greene before him,Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance." --- Los Angeles Times} Again; TREMENDOUSLY expressive photos , thanks for posting this!

[@kristinawalla]

Mom&Dad i love u and miss u 💜💚

[@skydolphin9]

Beautiful!

[@arynnehempstock1108]

Thank you so much for posting this!!

[@elliemasterson659]

Beautiful, haunting. You peeked into how I feel. Thank you for sharing.

[@jdsol1938]

on the album" Whales and Nightingales"

[@71818113]

Thank you Stan. Beautiful photos to accompany a great version of a great song...

[@ramonabrowder5079]

Beautiful song. Judy does it well.

[@ruthloy8376]

I have loved this song since I was 13

[@annabellesinger3717]

haunting and cold!

[@MaryAlicePetchPollard]

May the day come when this song be sung for historical reasons only and the slaughter of these amazing animals end before it is too late ....... Play "Farewell To Tarwath…" Farewell to Tarwathie, Adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land of Crimmond, I bid you farewell I'm bound off for Greenland and ready to sail In hopes to find riches, in hunting the whale Farewell to my comrades for a while we must part And likewise the dear lass, who first won my heart The cold coast of Greenland, my love will not chill And the longer my absence more loving she'll feel Our ship is well rigged and she's ready to sail The crew they are anxious to follow the whale Where the icebergs do float and the stormy winds blow Where the land and the ocean is covered with snow The cold coast of Greenland is barren and bare 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 to the whale 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 will homeward repair Farewell to Tarwathie, Adieu Mormond Hill And the dear land of Crimmond, I bid you farewell I'm bound off for Greenland and ready to sail In hopes to find riches, in hunting the whale

[@cvisenti]

Mary Alice Pollard May it be so, Mary Alice. I’m grateful to you for typing these lyrics. I’m 46 now in 2018 & would listen to this as a little kid & weep quietly & be filled with wonder & longing all at once.

[@mouldybear]

Tune traditional. Words by George Scroggie, a 19th century miller.

[@dickyfisher9249]

I heard the Humpbacks of Cape Cod. Live in S.Dakota now.

[@shaungarratt9941]

What a voice!

[@annevogle]

Total perfection.

[@worstoffsaboprivyethics8391]

Awww, a bundle of "not even" schlocks; to make our cool way. Never believe what isn't true. Never believe so it couldn't be you. Never believe you'd want it to. Never more than cry because you don't have to. Something magical greater than the whole sea, is for you.

[@stevepeebles61]

Hauntingly beautiful and so poignant ❤

[@jennyrose9454]

I had this on CD and it got lost. So sad.

[@coljohnson432]

One of her best.

[@lunchmind]

cannot accept the lyrics to this song ,as beautiful as it is. Am I missing something here?

[@kellykelleher7321]

Magnificent

[@johnmcneary4927]

Beautiful work....

[@MotherTShow]

Wonderfully done!

[@trickshooters9868]

very soothing

[@graciapatricia1]

Maravillosa naturaleza, que hacer ya, soñar por la mañana, y formar un todo con ella al humano, que la siente. Gracias.

[@bowenzhou5264]

nice work !

[@brianbrian5369]

This is a bothy balad from the North East of Scotland in the Doric dialect. Tarwathie is a farm near Mintlaw in Aberdeenshire and the singer is looking to leave Peterhead, a major nearby whaling port in the 19th Century to go "Chasin' the Whal" off Greenland instead of working as a farm labourer on what was not the best or productive farmland. Frying pan into the fire!?

[@stevebagnall1553]

I joined Greenpeace as a result of hearing the whalesong of this track.

[@loisdalgleish5039]

Perhaps the greatest, cleverest protest song.

[@kennyguitarallen5662]

excellent

[@amyhabermann785]

This song is in the new Indiana Jones Movie! Not the words, just the music... But still! Listen while they're on his friends fishing vessel!

[@Psysam8202]

I here a language of sentient beings speaking to each other when I hear whale song.

[@kenbrown6267]

I would have loved to have sailed on a whaler back then. Hard work on a wooden sailing vessel but what a life of adventure!

[@michaelcraig9449]

what country is Tarwathie in? are the pictures above in Greenland or near Tarwathie?

[@StanFrantz]

Tarwathie is in Scotland. the images are in Nova Scotia, or New Scotland. Taken on my last night there, I chose the song partly because the writer is both sad to leave and eager for new adventure.

[@robbyrobrob1]

Had to make ready w/ 8 foot harpoon once for a bluefin - full speed ahead .... false alarm. Those suckers are heavy.

[@markhanson7807]

I served at BMEWS site I complex Thule Greenland in 1972-73 (Ballistic Missile Early Warning System). And on a DEW (Distant Early Warning) site in the middle of the Greenland Icecap (DYE2). And this song captures the loneliness of life in the Arctic very well. Before you liberal haters reply I did it so you can walk around spewing your hate and stupidity in safety!

[@StanFrantz]

Thank you for your insightful and thoughtful comment and thank your for your service to this country I love. -a Liberal Now as to your final sentence, as a liberal, I am moved to try to understand why in the world you would think your completely apolitical statement would draw out the 'liberal haters.' As a liberal, I am moved to try and understand where such apparent anger and defensiveness comes from and try to help. As a liberal, I hate hate, so do my utmost not to hate anyone myself. On the contrary I do my utmost to have empathy and understanding. So I am further moved to ask questions like: what exactly do you think a liberal is? what do you think they believe in? what do you think hate itself is? why do you think they will spew hate at you for this comment? As an artist who created this video to share the emotions I felt on experiencing the beauty and splendor of this place and the sorrow I felt on leaving it and then to see you understand and relate to that eloquently, but still be so filled with apparent 'hate' yourself at these 'liberal haters' that you expect them to savage you for some unknown reason, I am simply gobsmacked, but still want to understand where this reaction could possibly come from.

[@gerardofilho2000]

musica suave.

[@markmeader5148]

One of the first songs to show the plight of the whales by using their own “songs” for sympathy!🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋

[@SafaAlkan]

Güzel

[@eugenea.buckley3555]

I dedicate this to the US Coast Guard Polar Sea in Thule Green Land

[@Pagan681]

Beautiful Video shoot, Beautiful song, until you realize the protagonist is part of a terrible genocide.

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

Love her tone quality. So different! If you are looking for unique, check out my EP "Heart Walk" on KZbin. Thanks!

[@edwinrex2579]

Turn off your mind relax and float downstream!!.

[@alanoneill3065]

too much land ...not enough ocean

[@alanoneill3065]

nice images

[@geofflovett7313]

Oops Faultless.

[@geofflovett7313]

Faultess.

[@thepueblopoetess]

This is so incredibly beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[@trickshooters9868]

very soothing