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[Intro]
[Verse]
The Diamond is a ship me lads,
For the Davis Strait she's bound,
And the quay it is all garnished
With the bonnie lassies round.
Captain Thompson gives the orders
To sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets me lads
Nor darkness dims the sky.
[Chorus]
And it's cheer up, me lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
The bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
[Interlude]
[Verse]
Along the quay at Peterhead
The lassies gather 'round
Wi' their shawls all pulled about them
And the salt tears runnin' down.
Now, 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.
[Chorus]
And it's cheer up, me lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
The bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
[Interlude]
[Verse]
Here's a health to the Resolution,
Likewise the Eliza Swan,
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 hae sweethearts enoo.
[Chorus]
And it's cheer up, me lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
The bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
[Interlude]
[Solo]
[Chorus]
And it's cheer up, me lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
The bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
[Verse]
It'll be bright both day and night
When the Greenland lads return
With a ship that's full of oil, me lads,
And money's for to burn.
We'll make the cradles for to rock
And the blankets for to tear
And every lass in Peterhead
Will sing hush-a-bye my dear!
[Chorus]
And it's cheer up, me lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
The bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!
[Chorus]
And it's cheer up, me lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
The bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale!