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
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 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