As sung by Judy Collins
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!
The Niantic, a Rhode Island whaler, was one of the first ships to reach San Francisco following the discovery of gold in California. Its crew departed for the gold fields and the ship was sold. It was beached and San Francisco grew up around it. It served as the first major hotel San Francisco could offer new arrivals.