Bonny Ship the Diamond

"Bonny Ship the Diamond" is a traditional folk ballad penned to commemorate a 19th century whaling ship.
The song was popularized by Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd in 1957. According to Lloyd in the liner notes for his album Leviathan in 1967, the Diamond sailed out of Peterhead, a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, beginning in 1825. It was one of many vessels in a fleet lost to the crush of ice floes in the Davis Straits in 1830. The Resolution and Eliza Swan were also among this fleet, along with the Rattler of Leigh (not the Battler of Montrose as some versions of the song suggest). Lloyd claims the song must have only been written a season or two before the tragedy, given the timeline from the ship's maiden voyage to the disaster that claimed her.
==Lyrics==
These lyrics are based on the version released on Cures What Ails Ya; an older version can be found here.
The Diamond is a ship, me lads, for the Davis Strait we're bound
The quay it is all garnished with bonnie lasses 'round
Captain Thompson gives the orders to sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets, me lads, nor darkness dims the sky
{Chorus}
For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail
For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale
For it's cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail
For the bonny ship, the Diamond, goes a-fishing for the whale
Along the quay of Peterhead, the lasses stand around
Wi' their shawls all pulled around their necks and the salt tears runnin' down
Well don't you weep, my bonny lass, though you'll be left behind
For the rose will bloom on Greenland's ice before we change our mind
{Chorus}
Here's a health to the Resolution, likewise the Eliza Swan
Three cheers 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 get back to Peterhead, we'll have sweethearts anew
{Chorus}
It will be bright both day and night when Greenland lads come hame
Our ship full up with oil, my lads, 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"
{Chorus 2x}
==Recordings==
====Streaming/Purchase====
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====YouTube Videos====
*Music Video
*Home Stage: Tuesday Folk People
====Gig Videos====
*Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival 2019
*Festival Maritim Bremen Vegesack 2019
*Shrewsbury Folk Festival (27 Aug 2021)
*O2 Institute Birmingham (20 Nov 2021)
*The Whelan's - Dublin (3 Dec 2021)
*Old Songs (25 Feb 2022)
*The Longest Johns Live NYC 2022 @ Le Poisson Rouge (2 Mar 2022)
*Exeter Phoenix (26 April 2022)
*The Studio at the Factory - Dallas, TX (23 Nov 2022)
*Jimmy’s, Liverpool (9 December 2022)
*Kraków, Poland (26 Feb 2023)
*Cursus Festival 2023
*Colours of Ostrava (19 July 2023)
====Full Band Streams====
*Surviving the first month of 2019 with The Longest Johns!!! (New donation system) (30 Jan 2019)
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*Spooktober Spectacular and Farewell to Anna Livestream (30 Oct 2019)
*Welcome to a New Decade with The Longest Johns (22 Jan 2020)
*Last Stream Before Album Launch! (27 May 2020)
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*Jingle Jam 2023 | Day 4 (4 Dec 2023)
====Chill Streams====
*JD & Andy Chilltime - 13/01/2020
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====Gaming Streams====
*Sail & Sing! Lets get damp and sing shanties! - 08/06/2020
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*Sea of Sings on a Friday evening, oh what a salty sight to sea - 03/07/2020
*Sea of Sings: Sing harder! - 06/07/2020
*Sea of Sings. Tonight we hit the high C's... - 10/07/2020
*Sea of Sings! Let's get boaty! - 20/07/2020
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*Hoist Up The Thing! - 14/08/2020
*I like big boats and I cannot lie - 17/08/2020
*Boat! Boat! Boat! Boat! Boat! - 21/08/2020
*Super Monday Afternoon Singing Time On The Sea! - 07/09/2020
*Musical larceny on the big blue wet thing - 14/09/2020
*It's boat time! Sea of Sings! - 21/09/2020
*SHANT! - 02/10/2020
*Sea of Sings! - 05/10/2020
*Sea of Thieves? Singing? Splendid! - 09/10/2020
*Sea of Sings! Let's Shant! With Kharites & TeachCourage! - 23/10/2020
*Sea of Sings! 3 2 1 SHANT! - 26/10/2020
*DROPS! Sea of Sings! with BehavingBeardly! SHANT! - 30/10/2020
*Sea of Sings! with AsylumGC8! SHANT! - 31/10/2020
*Sea of Sings! with Spammals! SHANT! - 1/11/2020
*Sea of Sings! with Captain_Falcore! SHANT! - 2/11/2020
*Sea of Sings! with KroTukk! SHANT! - 3/11/2020
*Sea of Sings! Welcome to the Shantydome! - 6/11/2020
*Sea of Sings! - 13/11/2020
*All aboard the shant bus... I mean boat... I mean ship - 20/11/2020
*Full Friendship followed by Battle Royale! - 23/11/2020
*Sea of Adventure with BehavingBeardly - 27/11/2020
*Sea of Good Tidings - 30/11/2020
*Welcome to the Shantdome! - 4/12/2020
*Let's do a sing and get in the sea !drops - 11/12/2020
*Let's get splashy - 18/12/2020
*Sea of Sings, ye scurvy dogs! | - 4/01/2021
*Let's get piratical! Sea of sings! - 8/01/2021
*Sea of Sings in the morning! - 11/01/2021
*Virtual Pirate Concert with Krotukk - 16/01/2021
*Boo! Surprise Sea of Sings! - 21/01/2021
*It's yarr time! Sea of Sings! Set sails to 100% - 22/01/2021
*Sea of Sings! Seasons or something! - 29/01/2021
*Game Dev stream! Yarrs for everyone! - 05/02/2021
*Sea of Sings! Let's get splashy! - 06/02/2021
*Sea of Sings with Azuki and HappyKrakenX - 08/02/2021
*Sea of Sings with Teachcourage and TheSneakyBeagle - 09/02/2021
*Sea of Sings - It's boat time - 22/02/2021
*It's Friday Funtimes! Let's get in the sea! - 26/02/2021
*Sea of Sings! With Dave, JD and @Krotukk - 05/03/2021
*Sea of Sings with Kharites_! Let's help her celebrate reaching 7k followers! - 19/03/2021
*Singing and Sailing with BehavingBeardly and KroTukk - 21/03/2021
*Singing and Sailing in Sea of Thieves! With @RobRaven - 29/03/2021
*Shanties?!?! On the sea?!?! Why yes it is... With Krotukk and Kharites_ - 02/04/2021
*Giveaway Giveaways on the Waves! - 12/04/2021
*Streamy time sails with friends and song! - 23/04/2021
*It's Monday, Monday, Singing and Sailing on Monday! - 26/04/2021
*Four men and a baby. (The baby is our ship) - 10/05/2021
*Sea of Sings! Lets hope the internet is fixed... - 19/07/2021
*Something something pirate pun - 26/07/2021
*Sing and Sail with Friends! Joined by @brionykay - 09/08/2021
*Singing and a'Sailing with RobRaven - 16/08/2021
*To the boatmobile! There's DROPS! - 01/10/2021
*Aga Do Do Do, Eat Pineapples Do A Stream! With KHARITES_ and Krotukk - 08/10/2021
*Too many gosh darned BUCKETS!!!! ... - 18/10/2021
*Bananas! Boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew... - 25/10/2021
*New things?!? Well, new to us anyway. Now with added Spammals!! - 28/03/2022
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