Oh, the Diamond is a ship, me lads, for the Davis Straits she bound And the quay it is all garnished with bonny lassies round Captain Thompson gives orders, to sail the ocean wide Where the sun it never sets, me lads, nor darkness dims the sky
Chorus: And it's cheer up, me lads, let your heart never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a huntin' for the whale
Along the quay at Peter Heid the lassies gather round With the shawls all wrapped about them and the salt tears running down Don't you weep, me bonny lads, though you'll be left behind For rose will grow on Greenland's ice before we change our mind
Chorus: And it's cheer up, me lads, let your heart never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a huntin' for the whale
Here's a health to the Constitution, likewise the Eliza Swan Here's a health to the battler O' Montrose and the Diamond ship of fame We'll trousers of the white and the jackets of the blue When we return to Peter Heid with have sweethearts a new
Chorus: And it's cheer up, me lads, let your heart never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a huntin' for the whale
It'll bright both day and night, when Greenland lads come home With a ship that's full of oil, me lads, and money to our name We'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear And every lass in Peter Heid, sez, ‘Hush a bye, me dear'
Chorus: And it's cheer up, me lads, let your heart never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a huntin' for the whale And it's cheer up, me lads, let your heart never fail For the bonny ship the Diamond goes a huntin' for the whale