Bonnie Ship, The Diamond

The Diamond is a ship me lads,

For the Davis Straits she's bound

And the Quay it is all garnished

With bonnie lassies round

Captain Thompson gives the order

To sail the ocean wide

Where the sun it never sets me lads

Nor darkness dims the sky.

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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 at Peterhead

The lassies gathered around

Wi' their shawls all pulled about them

And the salt tears runnin' down

Oh don't you cry, my bonnie lass,

Though you be left behind

For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice

Before I'll change my mind.

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Here's a health to The Resolution,

Likewise the Eliza Dane

Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose

And The Diamond ship of fame

We wear the trousers of the white

And the jackets of the blue

When we return to Peterhead,

We'll have sweethearts enoo.

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It'll be bright both day and night

When the Greenland lads come home

Wi' a ship that's full of oil me lads

And money for to burn

We'll make the cradles for to rock

And the blankets for to tear

And every lass in Peterhead

Sing hushabye my dear!

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