The Bonnie Ship The Diamond

(album: Songs Of The Highlands, Songs Of The Sea - 2022)

The Diamond is a ship, my lads, for the Davis Strait we're bound
The quay it is all garnished with lasses all around
Captain Thompson gives the order to sail the ocean wide
With the sun it never sets, my lads, nor darkness dims the sky

For it's cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-hunting for the whale

Along the quay of Peterhead, the lasses stand around
With the shawls all pulled around them and their salt tears running down
Don't you weep, my bonnie wee lads, though you'll be left behind
For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice before we change our mind

For it's cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-hunting for the whale

Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan
Three cheers to the Battle of Montrose and the Diamond ship of fame
We wear the trousers of the white, the jackets all are blue
When we get back to the Peterhead, we'll have sweethearts anew

For it's cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-hunting for the whale

It will be bright both day and night when the Greenland lads came hame
The ship fill up with oil, my lads, and the money to our name
We'll make the cradles for the rock and blankets for our tear
And every lass in Peterhead sing, "Hushabye, my dear"

For it's cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-hunting for the whale
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-hunting for the whale
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes a-hunting for the whale