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T:The Bonny Ship The Diamond
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w:The- Dia-mond is a ship, my lads, for the Da-vis Strait she's
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w:bound And the quay it is all gar-nish-ed with bo-nny las--ses
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w:round Cap-tain Thomp-son gives the or-der- to sail the oc-ean wide,
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w:Where the sun it ne-ver sets, my lads no dark-ness dims the sky
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w:So it's cheer up my lads let your hearts ne-ver fail,
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w:While the bo-nny ship, the Dia-mond, goes a-fish-ing for the whale.
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W:The Diamond is a ship, my lads, for the Davis Strait she's bound,
W:And the quay it is all garnished with bonny lasses 'round;
W:Captain Thompson gives the order to sail the ocean wide,
W:Where the sun it never sets, my lads,
W:no darkness dims the sky,
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W:So it's cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail,
W:While the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale.
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W:Along the quay at Peterhead, the lasses stand aroon,
W:Wi' their shawls all pulled around them and the saut tears runnin' doon;
W:Don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you be left behind,
W:For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice
W:before we change our mind.
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W:Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan,
W:Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose
W:and the Diamond, ship of fame;
W:We wear the trouser o' the white and the jackets o' the blue,
W:When we return to Peterhead,
W:we'll hae sweethearts anoo,
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W:It'll be bricht both day and nicht when the Greenland lads come hame,
W:Wi' a ship that's fu' of oil, my lads,
W:and money to our name;
W:We'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear,
W:And every lass in Peterhead
W:sing "Hushabye, my dear"

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