Lyrics

[Verse 1] The Diamond is a ship, me lads, for the Davis Strait we're bound The quay it is all garnished with bonnie lasses 'round; Captain Thompson gives the orders to sail the ocean wide O and the sun it never sets, me lads, nor darkness dims the sky [Chorus] For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale [Verse 2] Along the quay of Peterhead, the lasses stand around With shawls all pulled around them and their salt tears runnin' down; Well don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you'll be left behind For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice before we change our mind [Chorus] For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale [Verse 3] Here's a health 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 jackets of the blue When we get back to Peterhead, we'll have sweethearts anew [Chorus] For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale [Verse 4] It will be bright both day and night when Greenland lads come hame Our ship full up with 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 Peterhead sing: "Hushabye, my dear" [Chorus] For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale