Bonnie Ship the Diamond - Wolfstone

Oh the Diamond is a ship me lads, for the Davis strait she’s bound

And the key it is all garnished wae bonnie lassies round

Captain Thompson gees the orders, to sail the ocean wide

Where the sun it never sets me lads, and darkness dims the sky

Oh the Diamond is a ship me lads, for the Davis strait she’s bound

And the key it is all garnished wae bonnie lassies round

Captain Thompson gees the orders, to sail the ocean wide

Where the sun it never sets me lads, and darkness dims the sky

All along the key at Peterhead, the lassies stand around

Wae their shawls aw poo’d aboot them, and their sawt tears runnin' doon

Oh don’t you weep my bonnie lass though you be left behind

For the rose will grow on Greenland’s ice before we change your mind

And it’s cheer up my lads

Let your hearts never fail

For the bonnie ship the Diamond

Here’s a health to the Resolution and likewise the Eliza Swan

Here’s a health to the Battler o' Montrose and the Diamond ship o' fame

We wear the troosers o' the white and the jackets o' the blue

When we return tae Peterhead we’ll hae sweethearts anew

And it’s cheer up my lads

Let your hearts never fail

For the bonnie ship the Diamond

Goes a fishing for the whale

My heart has been torn from me and I am bleeding

My soul has been wrent from me and I am crying

All the beauty around my fades and I am screaming

I am the last of the great Whales, and I am dying

It’ll be bricht both the day and nicht when the Greenland lads come hame

Wae a ship that’s full of oil me lads money tae oor name

We’ll mak the cradles for tae rock and the blankets for tae tear

And every lass in Peterhead sing 'hushabye my dear'