Nortabs

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The Diamond is a ship my lads, for the Davies strait she`s bound
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And the key it is all garnished with barnie lashes round
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Captain Tompson gives the order to sail the ocean wide
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Where the sun it never sets my lads nor darkness dims the sky


	Dm    Am    Dm
And it's cheer up my lads, let your heart never fail
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For the Bonnie ship the Diamond goes afishing for the whale
   

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Oh along the key at Peterhead then Lashies stand around
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With the shoals all pulled about them and their shoulders running down
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Oh don’t you weep my bonnie lass or you`ll be left behind
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For the rose will grow on Greenlands ice before we change our mind



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And it's cheer up my lads, let your heart never fail
      		        C             Dm      Am      Dm
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond goes afishing for the whale
   

(Mellomspill, et vers og et refreng instrumental)

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With a helm to the Resolution likewise to Elisa Swan
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Theres a helm to the Banner and one to Rose and the Diamond ship of fame
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Oh we wear the trousers of the white and the jackets of the blue
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When we return to Peterhead we`ll have sweethearts enough`


	Dm    Am    Dm
And it's cheer up my lads, let your heart never fail
      		        C             Dm      Am      Dm
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond goes afishing for the whale

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Oh it will be bright both day and night when the greenlads lets come heim
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With a ship that’s full of oil my lads and money to our name
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Oh we wake them cradels for to rock and the blankets for to tear
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And every lass in Peterhead say “hush you`ll be my dear”!


	Dm    Am    Dm
And its cheer up my lads, let your heart never fail
      		        C             Dm      Am      Dm
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond goes afishing for the whale


	Dm    Am    Dm
And its cheer up my lads, let your heart never fail
      		        C             Dm      Am      Dm
For the Bonnie ship the Diamond goes afishing for the whale