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[Verse 1]
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The Diamond is a ship, me lads, for the Davis Strait we're bound,
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the quay it is all garnished with bonny lasses 'round;
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Captain Thompson gives the orders to sail the ocean wide,
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Where the sun it never sets, me lads, nor darkness dims the sky
[Chorus]
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For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
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For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
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For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
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For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
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[Verse 2]
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Along the quay of Peterhead, the lasses stand around,
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Wi' shawls all pulled around them and the salt tears runnin' down;
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Well don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you'll be left behind,
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For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice before we change our mind
[Chorus]
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For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
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For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
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For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
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For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
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[Verse 3]
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Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan,
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Three cheers to the Battler of Montrose and the Diamond, ship of fame;
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We wear the trousers of the white and jackets of the blue,
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When we get back to Peterhead, we'll have sweethearts anew,
[Chorus]
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For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
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For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
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For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
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For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
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[Verse 4]
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It will be bright both day and night when Greenland lads come hame,
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Our ship full up with oil, my lads, and money to our name;
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We'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear,
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And every lass in Peterhead sing: "Hushabye, my dear"
[Chorus]
Dm F
For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
C G
For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
Dm F
For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
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For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
Dm F
For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
C G
For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
Dm F
For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail,
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For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
[Outro]
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