The Bonny Ship the Diamond

The Diamond is a ship, me lads For the Davis Strait she's bound And the quay it is all garnished With bonnie lasses 'round Captain Thompson gives the order To sail the ocean wide Where the sun it never sets, me lads Nor darkness dims the sky And it's cheer up me lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale Along the quay's of Peterhead The lasses stand around Their shawls are all pulled 'round them And the salt tears running down Now don't you weep, my bonnie lass Though you be left behind For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice Before we change our mind And it's cheer up me lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes 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, ship of fame We wear the trousers of the white The jackets of the blue When we return to Peterhead We'll have sweethearts anew And it's cheer up mm lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale Oh It'll be bright both day and night When the whaling lads come hame In a ship that's full of oil, me boys And money to our name We'll make the cradles all to rock And the blankets for to tear And every lass in Peterhead sing "Hushabye, me dear" For it's cheer up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale And it's cheer up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale