Bonny Ship the Diamond

the diamond is a ship my lads for the day restrained

we're bound the key

it is all garnished

with honey lasses around

captain thompson gives the orders

to sail the ocean wide

where the sun it never sets my lads

no darkness dims the sky

for it's cheer up me lads

let your hearts never fail

for the bonnie ship the diamond goes a

fishing for the whale

for it's cheer up me lads

let your hearts never fail

for the bonnie ship the diamond goes a

fishing for the whale

along the key of peterhead

the lasses stand around

with shawls all pulled around them

and their salt is running down

well don't you weep my bonnie lass

though you'll be left behind

for the rose will bloom 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

fishing for the whale

for it's cheer up my lads

let your hearts never fail

for the bonnie ship the diamond goes a

fishing for the whale

here's a health to the resolution

hey likewise dear liza swan ho

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

oh it's cheer up me lads

let your hearts never fail

for the bonnie ship the diamond goes a

fishing for the whale

for it's cheer up me lads let your hearts never fail

for the bonnie ship the diamond goes a

fishing for the whale

it will be bright both day and night

when greenland lads come haym

our ship filled up with omulas 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 hush a bye my dear

for it's cheer up me lads let your hearts never fail

for the bonnie 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 bonnie ship the diamond goes a

fishing for the whale