Bonnie Ship the Diamond-Judy Collins

[ti:Bonnie Ship the diamond] [ar:Judy Collins] [al:Folk Classics - A Maid of Constant Sorrow - Golden Apples of the Sun] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bonnie Ship the Diamond - Judy Collins [00:08.79]The diamond is a ship my boys for Greenland she is bound [00:12.18] [00:12.84]And the quay it is all garnished with bonny lassies 'round [00:16.10] [00:16.94]The captain gives the order to sail the ocean wide [00:20.42] [00:20.99]Where the sun it never sets my lads no darkness dims the tide [00:24.47] [00:25.00]So cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail [00:28.47] [00:29.19]While the bonnie ship the diamond goes fishin' for the whale [00:32.74] [00:40.65]Along the quay at Peterhead the lassies stand around [00:43.92] [00:44.75]With their shawls about their heads and salt tears runnin' down [00:48.24] [00:48.84]I'll never weep my bonny lad though I'm left behind [00:52.29] [00:52.85]For there's not a rose on Greenland's ice to make you change your mind [00:56.58] [00:57.14]So cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail [01:00.47] [01:01.25]While the bonnie ship the diamond goes fishin' for the whale [01:04.84] [01:12.82]Here's a health to the resolution likewise the Eliza Swan [01:16.31] [01:16.93]A health to the Battle of Montrose and the diamond ship of fame [01:20.90]They wear the trousers of the white the jackets of the blue [01:25.03]When they return to Peterhead they'll find that we've been true [01:29.08]So cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail [01:32.53] [01:33.17]While the bonnie ship the diamond goes fishin' for the whale [01:36.79] [01:44.82]It'll be bright both day and night when the Greenland lads come home [01:48.12] [01:48.66]With a ship that's full of oil my lads and money to their name [01:52.69]They'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear [01:55.93] [01:56.46]And every lass in Peterhead sing hush a bye my dear [02:00.20] [02:00.71]So cheer up my lads let your hearts never fail [02:04.69] [02:05.71]While the bonnie ship the diamond goes fishin' for the whale