Well the Diamond is a ship me lads, For the Davis Straits she's bound
And around the the Quay at Petershead the lassies stand around
Captain Gallows gives the orders to sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets, me lads, nor darkness dims the sky
And it's cheer up, me lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale
All along the quay at Petershead, the lasses stand around
Wi' 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 grow on Greenland's ice before we change our mind
And it's cheer up, me lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale
Here's the health to The Resolution, likewise The Eliza Swan
And Here's to The Battler of Montrose and The Diamond, ship of fame
We wear the trousers of the white and the jackets of the blue
When we return to Petershead we'll ha'e sweethearts for you
And it's cheer up, me lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship The Diamond
Goes a-fishing for the whale
It'll be bright both day and night when the Greenland lads come home
With a ship thats fu' o' oil, me boys, and money to our name
We'll make the cradles for to rock and the blankets for to tear
And every lass in Peterhead sing,"Hushabye, my dear