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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. ^^ 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.