Bonnie Ship the Diamond

HEY!

 

Now the Diamond is a ship me lads, for the Davis Strait she’s bound

And the Quay it is all a-garnished, with bonnie lasses round

Captain Thompson gives the orders, for to sail the ocean wide

Where the sun it never sets me lads, nor darkness dims the sky

 

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And its cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the Bonnie Ship the Diamond goes, a-hunting for the whale, aye!

 

Along the Quay at Petershead, the lasses stand around

With their shawls all pulled about them and their salt tears running down

Now don’t you weep me bonnie wee lass, though you’ll be left behind

For a rose will grow on Greenlands ice, before we change our mind

 

[chorus]

And its cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the Bonnie Ship the Diamond goes, a-hunting for the whale, aye!

 

Here’s a toast to the resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan

Three cheers for the battler of Montrose and the Diamond ship of fame

We wear the trousers of the white, and the jackets of the blue

And when we get home to Petershead, we’ll have sweet hearts anew

 

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Aye it’s cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the Bonnie Ship the Diamond goes, a-hunting for the whale,

 

Take it away lads!

 

It will be bright both day and night, when the Greenland lads come hame

With a ship fast full of oil me lads, and money to our name

We’ll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear

And every lass in Petershead sing hush-a-bye my dear. Hooo!

 

[chorus]

And its cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the Bonnie Ship the Diamond goes, a-hunting for the whale, aye!

 

[chorus]

And its cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail

For the Bonnie Ship the Diamond goes, a-hunting for the whale, aye!

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