The Bonny Ship the Diamond

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
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
And it’s cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail
For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale
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 anew
And it’s cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail
For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale