The Bonny Ship the Diamond lyrics

The Diamond is a ship, my lads,

for the Davis Strait she's bound,

And the quay it is all garnished

with bonny lasses 'round.

Captain Thompson gives the order

to sail the ocean wide,

Where the sun it never sets, my lads,

no darkness dims the sky.

CHORUS (after each verse):

And it's cheer up my lads,

let your hearts never fail,

For the bonny ship, the Diamond,

goes a-fishing for the whale.

Along the quays of Peterhead,

the lasses stand around,

Their shawls all pulled about them

and the salt tears running down.

Now don't you weep, my bonny lass,

though you be left behind,

For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice

before we change our mind.

Here's health to the Resolution,

likewise the Eliza Swan,

Here's a health to the Battler of

Montroseand 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 anoo

Oh, it'll be bright both day and night

when the whaling lads come home,

In a ship that's full of oil, my 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, my dear.”

Chorus.