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Thread #100561   Message #2018901
Posted By: Joe Offer
07-Apr-07 - 02:23 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Bonny Ship the Diamond
Subject: ADD Version: Bonnie Ship the Diamond
All of these versions seem to be very similar, but I guess I'll post one more.
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THE BONNIE SHIP THE DIAMOND
(Ord's Bothy Songs and Ballads, 1930)

THE Diamond is a ship, brave boys,
For Davis Straits she's bound,
And the quay it is all garnished
With pretty girls around.
Captain Gibbons gives command
To sail the oceans high,
Where the sun it never sets, brave boys,
Nor darkness dims the sky.
   So be cheerful, my lads,
   Let your courage never fail,
   While the bonnie ship the Diamond
   Goes a-fishing for the whale.

A long the quay at Aberdeen
The girlies they do stand,
With their mantles all around them,
And the salt tears running down.
Don't weep my pretty, fair maids,
Though you be left behind;
For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice
Before we change our mind.
So be cheerful, etc

Oh, joyful will be the days
When our Greenland lads come home;
For they are men of honour,
Of bravery and renown.
They wear the trousers of the white,
The jacket of the blue;
And when they come to Aberdeen
They'll get sweethearts enew.
So be cheerful, etc.

Oh, jovial will be the days
When our Greenland lads come home;
For they are men of honour,
Belonging to the town.
They'll make the cradles for to rock,
The blankets for to wear;
And the girlies into Aberdeen
Sing, "Hushie-ba, my dear."
So be cheerful, etc.

Here's a health unto the Hercules,
Another to the Jane,
Here's a health unto the Bon-Accord,
The Diamond by her lane;
Here's a health unto the Bon Accord,
The Diamond and her crew;
Here's a health unto each bonnie lass
That's got a heart so true.
   So be cheerful, my lads,
   Let your courage never fail,
   While the bonnie ship the Diamond
   Goes a-fishing for the whale.

(NO TUNE)