The Bonny Ship the Diamond

The Diamond is a 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, nor darkness drear the sky And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond's gone a-fishing for the whale And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond's gone a-fishing for the whale Along the quay at Peterhead, the lasses stand around Wi' their shawls all wrapped about them And the salt tears runnin' down Now don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you'll be left behind The 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 Diamond's gone a-fishing for the whale For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond's 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 a fame We wear the trousers of the white, the jackets of the blue 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 Diamond's gone a-fishing for the whale And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond's gone a-fishing for the whale It will be bright both day and night when the whaling boys come home With a ship that's full with oil, me boys, and money to our name We got the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear When we get home to Peterhead its: "Hushabye, my dear" And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond's gone  a-fishing for the whale And it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond's gone a-fishing for the whale Hey!