THE BONNY SHIP THE DIAMOND chrom

Scottish sea chantey

Key: D

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The Dia-mond is a ship, my lads,

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For the Da-vis Strait she’s bound

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And the quay it is all gar-nish-ed

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With bon-nie las-ses round

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Cap-tain Thom-son gives the or-der

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To sail the o-cean wide

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Where the sun it nev-er sets, my lad,

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No dark-ness dims the sky

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So it’s cheer up my lads

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Let your hearts nev-er fail

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While the bon-nie ship The Dia-mond

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Goes a fish-ing for the whale