Roger Mcguinn - Bonnie Ship the Diamond Lyrics
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,cho: So it's cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail,While the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.Along the quay at Peterhead, the lasses stand aroon,Wi' their shawls all pulled around them and the saut tears runnin' doon;Don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you be left behind,For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice before we change our mind.cho:Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan,Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose and the Diamond, ship of fame;We wear the trouser o' the white and the jackets o' the blue,When we return to Peterhead, we'll hae sweethearts anoo,cho:It'll be bricht both day and nicht when the Greenland lads come hame,Wi' a ship that's fu' of oil, my 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"cho:
