Bonnie Ship The Diamond

The Diamond is the ship, me boys, for the Davis Straits we're bound

And the quay, it is all garnished with bonnie lasses 'round

Captain Thompson gives the orders to sail the ocean wide

And we're bound for the land, where the sun don't set, a darkness drear the sky

And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship, the Diamonds, gone a-fishing for the whale

And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship, the Diamonds, gone a-fishing for the whale

Along the quay at Peterhead, the lasses stand around

With the shawls all wrapped about them and their salt tears runnin' down

Now don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you'll be left behind

A rose will grow on Greenland's shore before we'll change our mind

And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship, the Diamonds, gone a-fishing for the whale

And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship, the Diamonds, gone a-fishing for the whale

Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan

Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose and the Diamond, of our fame

We wears the trousers of the white, the jackets of the blue

And when we get home to Peterhead, we'll have sweethearts anew

And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship, the Diamonds, gone a-fishing for the whale

And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship, the Diamonds, gone a-fishing for the whale

It will be bright, both day and night when the whaling boys come home

Where the ship that's full of oil, me boys, and money to our name

We got the cradles for to rock, the blankets for to tear

And when we get home to Peterhead, it's "Hushabye, my dear"

And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship, the Diamonds, gone a-fishing for the whale

And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the bonny ship, the Diamonds, gone a-fishing for the whale

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