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traditional transcriptions - bonny ship the diamond lyrics

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[verse 1]
the diamond is a ship, me 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

[chorus]
and it’s cheer up my lads
let your hearts never fail
for the bonny ship the diamond goes a+fishing for the whale

[verse 2]
along the quays of peterhead, the lasses stand around
their shawls all pulled about them and the salt tears running down
now don’t you weep, my bonny lass, though you be lеft behind
for the rose will bloom on greenland’s icе before we change our mind

[chorus]
and it’s cheer up my lads
let your hearts never fail
for the bonny ship the diamond goes a+fishing for the whale

[verse 3]
here’s 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 trousers of the white, the jackets of the blue
when we return to peterhead, we’ll have sweethearts anew
[chorus]
and it’s cheer up my lads
let your hearts never fail
for the bonny ship the diamond goes a+fishing for the whale

[verse 4]
oh, it’ll be bright both day and night when the whaling lads come home
in a ship that’s full of oil, my boys, and money to our name
we’ll make the cradles all to rock and the blankets for to tear
and every lass in peterhead sing, “hushabye, my dear.”

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