Oh, the Diamond is a ship, me lads, for the Davis strait she's bound 
And the key it is all garnished wae Bonnie lassies round
Captain Thompson gees the orders to sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets me, lads or darkness dims the sky

All along the quays at Peterhead, the lassies stand around
With their shawls all pulled about them, and their salt tears running down 
Oh, don't you weep my Bonnie lass though you be left behind 
For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice before we change your mind

And it's cheer up, my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

Here's a health to the Resolution and likewise the Eliza Swan
Here's a health to the Battler of Montroseand, the Diamond ship of fame 
We wear the trousers of the white and the jackets of the blue 
When we return to Peterhead we'll have sweethearts anew

And it's cheer up, my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

And it's cheer up, my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
My heart has been wrent from me and I am crying
All the beauty around me fades and I am screaming
I am the last of the great whales and I am dying

It'll be bricht both the day and night when the Greenland lads come home 
We'll have a ship that's full of oil, me lads, and money to our name 
We'll make the cradles all to rock and the blankets for to tear 
And every lass in Peterhead sing 'hushabye my dear'

And it's cheer up, my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

And it's cheer up, my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale

It's cheer up, my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale