The Bonnie Ship "The Diamond"
The Diamond is a ship, my lads, for the Davis Strait she's bound
And the quay it is all garnished with bonnie lassies round.
Captain Thomson gibes the order to sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets, my lads, nor darkness dims the sky
So it's cheer up, my lads, let your hearts never fall
While the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the Whale
Along the quay at Peterhed the lassies stand around
Wi' their shawls all pulled about them and the saut tears rinnin' doon
Don't you weep, my bonnie lass, though you be left behind
For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice before we change our mind
So it's cheer up...
Here's a health to "The Resolution" likewise "The Eliza Swan"
Here's ahealth to "The Battler of Montrose" and "The Diamon" ship of fame
We wear the trousers of the white and the jackets o' the blue
When we return to Peterhead we'll hae sweetheats enoo
So it's cheer up ...
It'll be bricht both day and nicht when the Greenland lads come hame
Wi' a ship that's fu' o' oil, my lads, and money to our name
We'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear
And every lass in Peterhead sin "Hushabye, my dear."
So it's cheer up ...
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