The Diamond

歌詞

The Diamond is a ship, me lads For the Davis Strait we're bound The quay it is all garnished With bonnie lasses 'round Cap'n Thompson gives the order Tae sail the ocean wide Where the sun it never sets, me lads Nor darkness dims the sky And it's, hey, up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale Along the quays at Peterheid The lasses stand aroon Wi' their shawls all pulled aboot them And the saut tears runnin' doon Don't you weep, my bonnie wee lass Though ye be left behind For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice Before we change oor mind And it's, hey, up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale Here's a health to the Resolution Likewise the Eliza Swan Here's a health to the Battler o' Montrose And the Diamond, ship of fame We wear the trousers o' the white And the jackets o' the blue When we return to Peterheid We'll hae sweethearts enou' And it's, hey, up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale It will be bright both day and night When the Greenland lads come hame Our ship full up with oil, me lads And money to our name We'll mak' the cradles for to rock And the blankets for to tear And every lass in Peterheid, sing "Hush-a-bye, my dear" And it's, hey, up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale And it's, hey, up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale