Roger McGuinn - The Bonny Ship the Diamond lyrics

The Diamond is a ship, my lads, for the Davis Strait she's bound And the quay it is all garnished with bonny la**es 'round; Captain Thompson gives the order to sail the ocean wide Where the sun it never sets, my lads, no darkness dims the sky (Chorus) So it's cheer up my lads, let your hearts never fail While the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale Along the quay at Peterhead, the la**es stand aroon Wi' their shawls all pulled around them and the saut tears runnin' doon; Don't you weep, my bonny la**, though you be left behind For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice before we change our mind (Chorus) Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose and the Diamond, ship of fame; We wear the trouser o' the white and the jackets o' the blue When we return to Peterhead, we'll hae sweethearts anoo (Chorus) It'll be bricht both day and nicht when the Greenland lads come hame Wi' a ship that's fu' of oil, my lads, and money to our name; We'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear And every la** in Peterhead sing "Hushabye, my dear" (Chorus)