The Diamond is a ship, my lads, for the Davis Strait she's bound,
And the Quay it is all garnished with bonny lasses 'round;
Captain Thompson gives the order 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 quay at Peterhead, the lasses stand around,
Wi' their shawls all pulled about them and the salt tears
running down;
Don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you be left behind,
For the rose will grow 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 health to The Battler of Montrose and The Diamond,
ship of fame;
We wear the trousers of the white and the jackets o'the blue,
When we return to Peterhead, we'll ha'e sweethearts anoo.

So it's* - cheer up, my lads,
Let your - hearts never fail,
For the bonny ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale.

It'll be bright both day and night when the Greenland lads
come hame,
With a ship that's fu'o' oil, my lads, and money to our name;
We'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear,
And every lass in Peterhead 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.

So it's* - cheer up, my lads,
Let your - hearts never fail,
For the bonny ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale.

So it's* - cheer up, my lads,
Let your - hearts never fail,
For the bonny ship The Diamond,
For the bonny ship The Diamond,
For the bonny ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale