me lads, for the Davis Strait we're bound
The quay it is all garnished with
Captain Thompson gives the or
ders to sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets, me lads,
nor darkness dims the sky
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
Along the quay of Peterhead,
Wi' their shawls all pulled around
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
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
Here's a health to the Resolution (Hey),
Three cheers to the Battler of Montrose and the Diamond,
We wear the trousers of the white
and the jackets of the blue
When we get back to Peterhead,
we'll have sweethearts anew
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
It will be bright both day and night
when Greenland lads come hame
Our ship full up with oil, my lads,
We'll make the cradles for to rock
and the blankets for to tear
And every lass in Peterhead sing:
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
