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The Diamond is a ship my boys, for Greenland she is bound |
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And the quay it is all garnished with bonny lassies 'round |
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The captain gives the order to sail the ocean wide |
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Where the sun it never sets my lads, no darkness dims the tide |
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So cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail |
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While the bonnie ship, the Diamond goes fishin' for the whale |
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Along the quay at Peterhead, the lassies stand around |
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With their shawls about their heads and salt tears runnin' down |
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I'll never weep my bonny lad though I'm left behind |
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For there's not a rose on Greenland's ice to make you change your mind |
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So cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail |
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While the bonnie ship, the Diamond goes fishin' for the whale |
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Here's a health to the resolution likewise the Eliza Swan |
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A health to the Battle of Montrose and the Diamond ship of fame |
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They wear the trousers of the white the jackets of the blue |
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When they return to Peterhead they'll find that we've been true |
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So cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail |
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While the bonnie ship, the Diamond goes fishin' for the whale |
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It'll be bright both day and night when the Greenland lads come home |
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With a ship that's full of oil my lads and money to their name |
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They'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear |
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And every lass in Peterhead sing hush-a-bye my dear |
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So cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail |
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While the bonnie ship, the Diamond goes fishin' for the whale |
