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The Diamond

by The McCalmans

on Lost Tracks (2016)

The Diamond is a ship, me lads
For the Davis Strait we're bound
The quay it is all garnished
With bonnie lasses 'round
Cap'n Thompson gives the order
Tae sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets, me lads
Nor darkness dims the sky

And it's, hey, up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

Along the quays at Peterheid
The lasses stand aroon
Wi' their shawls all pulled aboot them
And the saut tears runnin' doon
Don't you weep, my bonnie wee lass
Though ye be left behind
For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice
Before we change oor mind

And it's, hey, up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

Here's a health to the Resolution
Likewise the Eliza Swan
Here's a health to the Battler o' Montrose
And the Diamond, ship of fame
We wear the trousers o' the white
And the jackets o' the blue
When we return to Peterheid
We'll hae sweethearts enou'

And it's, hey, up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

It will be bright both day and night
When the Greenland lads come hame
Our ship full up with oil, me lads
And money to our name
We'll mak' the cradles for to rock
And the blankets for to tear
And every lass in Peterheid, sing
"Hush-a-bye, my dear"

And it's, hey, up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

And it's, hey, up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale