Bonnie Ship The Diamond

[00:07.94] The Diamond is a ship me lads
[00:09.56] For the Davis Straits she's bound
[00:11.42] And the Quay it is all garnished
[00:13.52] With bonnie lassies round
[00:15.33] Captain Thompson gives the order
[00:17.11] To sail the ocean wide
[00:18.97] Where the sun it never sets me lads
[00:20.72] Nor darkness dims the sky
[00:22.43] And it's cheer up, me lads
[00:24.23] Let your hearts never fail
[00:26.38] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[00:28.25] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[00:29.89] And it's cheer up, me lads
[00:31.64] Let your hearts never fail
[00:33.99] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[00:35.48] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[00:37.08] Along the quay at Peterhead
[00:39.88] The lassies stand around
[00:41.50] Wi' their shawls all pulled about them
[00:43.43] And the salt tears runnin' down
[00:45.17] Oh don't you weep, my bonnie lass
[00:47.36] Though you be left behind
[00:48.96] For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice
[00:50.81] Before we change our mind
[00:52.34] And it's cheer up, me lads
[00:54.32] Let your hearts never fail
[00:56.37] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[00:57.81] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[00:59.85] And it's cheer up, me lads
[01:01.88] Let your hearts never fail
[01:03.93] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[01:05.50] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[01:07.65] Here's a health to The Resolution
[01:09.56] Likewise the Eliza Swan
[01:11.31] Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose
[01:13.48] And The Diamond ship of fame
[01:15.67] We wear the trousers of the white
[01:17.09] And the jackets of the blue
[01:19.01] When we return to Peterhead
[01:20.70] We'll hae sweethearts anoo
[01:22.22] And it's cheer up, me lads
[01:24.19] Let your hearts never fail
[01:26.16] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[01:27.52] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[01:29.73] And it's cheer up, me lads
[01:32.45] Let your hearts never fail
[01:33.70] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[01:35.21] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[02:00.94] Here's a health to The Resolution
[02:02.70] Likewise the Eliza Swan
[02:04.74] Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose
[02:06.52] And The Diamond ship of fame
[02:08.37] We wear the trousers of the white
[02:10.12] And the jackets of the blue
[02:12.23] When we return to Peterhead
[02:13.93] We'll hae sweethearts anoo
[02:15.53] And it's cheer up, me lads
[02:17.32] Let your hearts never fail
[02:19.54] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[02:21.08] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[02:22.91] And it's cheer up, me lads
[02:24.98] Let your hearts never fail
[02:27.08] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[02:29.15] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[02:30.84] And it's cheer up, me lads
[02:32.49] Let your hearts never fail
[02:34.54] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[02:36.11] Goes a-fishing for the whale
[02:38.19] And it's cheer up, me lads
[02:39.95] Let your hearts never fail
[02:42.13] For the bonnie ship The Diamond
[02:43.72] Goes a-fishing for the whale
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