CZTERY REFY - The Bonny Ship The Diamond

The Bonny Ship The Diamond

sł. trad.
mel. trad. "The Bonny Ship The Diamond"

The "Diamond" is a ship, my boys, for the Davis Strait she's bound
And the quay it is all garnished with the bonny lasses round.
Captain Thomson gives the order to sail the ocean wide
Where the sun is never sets, my lads, nor darkness dims the sky.

Along the quays of Peterhead the lasses stand around,
Their shawls all pulled about them and the salt tears running down.
Now don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you be left behind.
For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice before we change our mind.

And it's cheer up, my lads, let your hearts never fail... Here's health to the "Resolution", likewise to "Eliza Swan"
Here's health to the "Rattler" of Montrose and the "Diamond" ship of fame.
We wear the trousers of the white, the jackets of the blue.
When we return to Peterhead we'll have sweethearts enow.

And it's cheer up, my lads, let your hearts never fail... Oh, it'll be bright both day and night when the whaling lads come home.
In a ship that's full of oil, my boys, and money to our name.
We'll make the cradles all to rock and 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...

"The Bonny Ship The Diamond" - oryginalna wersja utworu "Śmiały harpunnik"