[Verse 1: Stuart Eaglesham]
Oh the Diamond is a ship, me lads
For the Davis Strait she's bound
And the quay it is all garnished [?]
Wi bonnie lassies round
Captain Thompson gies the orders
Tae sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets, me lads
Or darkness dims the sky

[Verse 2: Stuart Eaglesham]
All along the quay at Peterheid
The lassies stand aroond
Wi their shaws all poued aboot them
And their salt tears rinnin doun
Oh don't you weep, ma bonnie lass
Though you be left behind
For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice
Before we change oor mind

[Chorus: Stuart Eaglesham]
And it's cheer up, ma lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishin for the whale
[Verse 3: Stuart Eaglesham]
Here's a health tae the Resolution
And likewise the Eliza Swan
Here's a health tae the Battler o Montrose
And the Diamond, ship o fame
We wear the troosers o the white
And the jaickets o the blue
When we return tae Peterheid
We'll hae sweetherts enou

[Chorus: Stuart Eaglesham]
And it's cheer up, ma lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishin for the whale

[Interlude: Ivan Drever]
My soul has been torn from me
And I am bleeding
My heart has been rent from me
And I am crying
All the beauty round me fades
And I am screaming
I am the last of the great whales
And I am dying
[Verse 4: Stuart Eaglesham]
It'll be bricht both the day and nicht
When the Greenland lads come hame
Wi a ship that's full of oil, ma lads
And money tae oor name
We'll mak the cradles for tae rock
And the blankets for tae tear
And every lass in Peterheid sing
"Hushabye, my dear."

[Chorus: Stuart Eaglesham]
And it's cheer up, ma lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishin for the whale
And it's cheer up, ma lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishin for the whale
And it's cheer up, ma lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-fishin for the whale