{"id":6942,"date":"1998-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-23T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T20:50:25","slug":"bonny-ship-the-diamond-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6942","title":{"rendered":"Bonny Ship the Diamond, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entrytext\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Diamond.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"129\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Diamond.mp3\">Bonny Ship the Diamond, The<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">This is another fine example of a joyous departure<br \/>\nsong.  The whalers would bolster their spirits before departing on an<br \/>\nocean voyage that might take years. The thought of young women waiting<br \/>\nfor them, and of new conquests, gave them the courage to continue.<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n[Dm] The Diamond is a [C] ship, my lads, for the [Dm] Davis Strait she&#8217;s [C] bound,<br \/>\nAnd the [Dm] quay it is all [C] garnished with [Am] bonny lasses [Dm] &#8217;round;<br \/>\n[Dm] Captain Thompson gives the [C] order to [Dm] sail the ocean [C] wide,<br \/>\nWhere the [Dm] sun it never [C] sets, my lads, no [Am] darkness dims the [Dm] sky,<\/p>\n<p>cho: So it&#8217;s [Dm] cheer [C] up my [Dm] lads, let your hearts never fail,<br \/>\nWhile the bonny [C] ship, the [Dm] Diamond, [C] goes [Dm] a-fishing for the whale.<\/p>\n<p>Along the quay at Peterhead, the lasses stand aroon,<br \/>\nWi&#8217; their shawls all pulled around them and the saut tears runnin&#8217; doon;<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you weep, my bonny lass, though you be left behind,<br \/>\nFor the rose will grow on Greenland&#8217;s ice before we change our mind.<\/p>\n<p>cho:<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan,<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a health to the Battler of Montrose and the Diamond, ship of fame;<br \/>\nWe wear the trouser o&#8217; the white and the jackets o&#8217; the blue,<br \/>\nWhen we return to Peterhead, we&#8217;ll hae sweethearts anoo,<\/p>\n<p>cho:<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be bricht both day and nicht when the Greenland lads come hame,<br \/>\nWi&#8217; a ship that&#8217;s fu&#8217; of oil, my lads, and money to our name;<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear,<br \/>\nAnd every lass in Peterhead sing &#8216;Hushabye, my dear&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>cho:<\/p>\n<p>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd 1998 McGuinn Music \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Roger McGuinn\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Bonny Ship the Diamond, The This is another fine example of a joyous departure song. The whalers would bolster their spirits before departing on an ocean voyage that might take years. 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