Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Bonny Ship the Diamond, artist - The Longest Johns. Date of issue: 09.06.2020
Song language: English
Bonny Ship the Diamond |
| The Diamond is a ship, me lads, for the Davis Strait we’re bound |
| The quay it is all garnished with bonnie lasses 'round; |
| Captain Thompson gives the orders to sail the ocean wide |
| O and 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, the lasses stand around |
| With shawls all pulled around them and their salt tears runnin' down; |
| 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, likewise the Eliza Swan |
| Three cheers for the Battler of Montrose and the Diamond, ship of fame; |
| We wear the trousers of the white and 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, me lads, and money to our name; |
| We’ll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear |
| And every lass in Peterhead sing: «Hushabye, my dear» |
| 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 |