Bonnie Ship The Diamond

Dm C Bb Am Dm Am F C Dm Dm C Bb Am Dm Am C Dm Dm Am The Diamond is a ship me lads, Dm Am For the Davis Strait she's bound, Dm Am And the quay it is all garnished F C Dm With the bonnie lassies round. Dm Am Captain Thompson gives the orders Dm Am To sail the ocean wide Dm Am Where the sun it never sets me lads F C Dm Nor darkness dims the sky. Dm And it's cheer up, me lads, Dm Bb Let your hearts never fail, Dm Am The bonnie ship the Diamond F C Dm Goes a-fishing for the whale! Dm C Bb Am Dm Am C Dm Dm Am Along the quay at Peterhead Dm Am The lassies gather 'round Dm Am Wi' their shawls all pulled about them F C Dm And the salt tears runnin' down. Dm Am Now, don't you cry, my bonnie lass, Dm Am Though you be left behind Dm Am For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice F C Dm Before I'll change my mind. Dm And it's cheer up, me lads, Dm Bb Let your hearts never fail, Dm Am The bonnie ship the Diamond F C Dm Goes a-fishing for the whale! Dm C Bb Am Dm Am C Dm Dm Am Here's a health to the Resolution, Dm Am Likewise the Eliza Swan, Dm Am Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose F C Dm And the Diamond ship of fame. Dm Am We wear the trousers of the white Dm Am And the jackets of the blue, Dm Am When we return to Peterhead F C Dm We'll hae sweethearts enoo. Dm And it's cheer up, me lads, Dm Bb Let your hearts never fail, Dm Am The bonnie ship the Diamond F C Dm Goes a-fishing for the whale! Dm C Bb Am Dm Am F C Dm Dm Am Dm Am F C Dm Dm Am Dm Am F C Dm Dm And it's cheer up, me lads, Dm Bb Let your hearts never fail, Dm Am The bonnie ship the Diamond F C Dm Goes a-fishing for the whale! Dm Am It'll be bright both day and night Dm Am When the Greenland lads return Dm Am With a ship that's full of oil, me lads, F C Dm And money's for to burn. Dm Am We'll make the cradles for to rock Dm Am And the blankets for to tear Dm Am And every lass in Peterhead F C Dm Will sing hush-a-bye my dear! Dm And it's cheer up, me lads, Dm Bb Let your hearts never fail, Dm Am The bonnie ship the Diamond F C Dm Goes a-fishing for the whale! Dm And it's cheer up, me lads, Dm Bb Let your hearts never fail, Dm Am The bonnie ship the Diamond F C Dm Goes a-fishing for the whale!