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
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