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Diamond Ship

from Down Among the Dead Men by Mawkin

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DIAMOND SHIP
(Trad.)

A song about the famous whaling ship "Diamond" that along with twenty other fine ships was crushed to splinters and many of the bold whalermen froze or drowned to death. James first heard this sung by the incomparable Mike Waterson and fell in love with the chorus.

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The diamond is a ship my lad for the Davis straight she’s bound
And the quay it is all garnished with the Bonny lasses round
The captain gave the order, to sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets my lads nor darkness dims the sky

And it’s cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail
For the Bonny ship, the diamond, goes fishing for the whale

Along the quay of Peterhead the lasses stand around
With their shawls all hung about them and the salt tears running down
Now don’t you cry my pretty lass
Though you be left behind
For the rose will bloom on greenlands ice before we change our mind

And it’s cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail
For the Bonny ship, the diamond, goes fishing for the whale

Here’s a health to the resolution, likewise Eliza swan
Here’s a health to the battler of montresand that diamond ship of fame.
We wear the trousers of the white, the jackets of the blue
And when we return to Peterhead we’ll have sweethearts anew

And it’s cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail
For the Bonny ship, the diamond, goes fishing for the whale

Oh it’ll be bright both day and night when the whaling ships come home
With a ship that’s full of oil and money to our name
We’ll make the cradles all to rock the blankets for the tear
And every lass in Peterhead sing hushabye my dear.

And it’s cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail
For the Bonny ship, the diamond, goes fishing for the whale

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from Down Among the Dead Men, released October 5, 2018

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Folk rebels, Mawkin, fresh off the back of the three-times-BBC-Folk -Award nominated collaboration Mawkin:Causley, are now forging a bold new sound that strengthens their instrumental roots and embraces a new, exuberant exploration into the traditional folk canon. ... more

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