Bonnie Ship The Diamond

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[Verse 1]
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The Diamond is a ship my boys
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For the Greenland she is bound
        Dm             F
And the quay it is all garnished
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With bonnie lassies around


[Verse 2]
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The Captain gives the order
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To sail the ocean wide
          Dm           F
Where the sun it never sets me lads
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Nor darkness dims the sky


[Chorus]
         C      Am
So cheer up, my lads

Let your hearts never fail

For the bonnie ship the Diamond
                     G
Goes fishing for the whale


[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Along the quay at Peterhead
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The lassies stand around
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With their shawls about their heads
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And the salt tears running down


[Verse 4]
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I'll never weep, my bonnie lad
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Though I'm left behind
            Dm            F
For there's not a rose in Greenland's ice
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To make you change your mind


[Chorus]
         C      Am
So cheer up, my lads

Let your hearts never fail

For the bonnie ship the Diamond
                     G
Goes fishing for the whale


[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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Here's a health to the Resolution
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Likewise the Eliza Swan
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Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose
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And the Diamond ship of fame


[Verse 6]
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They wear the trousers of the white
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The jackets of the blue
     Dm             F
When they return to Peterhead
        G               Dm
They'll find it weeping true


[Chorus]
         C      Am
So cheer up, my lads

Let your hearts never fail

For the bonnie ship the Diamond
                     G
Goes fishing for the whale


[Interlude]
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[Verse 7]
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It'll be bright both day and night
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When the Greenland lads come home
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With a ship that's full of oil, me lads
    G              Dm
And money to their name


[Verse 8]
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They'll make the cradles for to rock
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And the blankets for to tear
    Dm            F
And every lass in Peterhead
      G             Dm
Sings hush-a-bye my dear


[Chorus]
         C      Am
So cheer up, my lads

Let your hearts never fail

For the bonnie ship the Diamond
                     G
Goes fishing for the whale