Traditional Folk Song - The Bonny Ship the Diamond lyrics

the diamond is a ship my lads for the davis straits she's bound and the quay edge it's all garnished up with 14 lashes 'round captain thompson gives the orders to sail the ocean wide where the sun it never sets my lads nor darkness dims the sky so it's cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail for the bonny ship the diamond goes a-fishing for the whale along the quays of peterhead the la**ies stand around their shawls all pulled around them and their salt tails hanging down (alternative verse:) along the quays of port phillip i stand alone pining for rebecca dreiling and hating my life now don't you weep my bonny la** though you be left behind for the rose will bloom on greenland's ice before we change our mind so it's cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail for the bonny ship the diamond goes a-fishing for the whale here's health to the resolution likewise the eliza swan here's a health to the battle of the montrose and the diamond ship of fame we wear our trousers over the white hill diggers over the blue when we return to peterhead we'll hae some sweethearts for you so it's cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail for the bonny ship the diamond goes a-fishing for the whale (solo) oh it will be bright both day and night when the greenland lads come home we're a ship that's full of oil my boys and money to our name we'll make those cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear and every la** in peterhead will sing "hushabye my dear" so it's cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail for the bonny ship the diamond goes a-fishing for the whale (repeat until fade)