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.
And it's cheer up my lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes
A-fishing for the whale.
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 left behind,
For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice
Before we change our mind.
And it's cheer up my lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes
A-fishing for the whale.
Here's health to the Resolution,
Likewise the Eliza Swan,
Here's a health to the Battler of Montroseand
Thea 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 anoo
And it's cheer up my lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes
A-fishing for the whale.
It'll be bright both day and night
When the Greenland lads come home
With a ship that's full of oil my lads
And money to their name
We'll make the cradles all to rock
And the blankets for to tear,
And every lass in Peterhead sing,
"Hushabye, my dear."
And it's cheer up my lads,
Let your hearts never fail,
For the bonnie ship, the Diamond, goes A-fishing for the whale.