The Watersons - The Bonny Ship The Diamond

[@tomtomsharrock]

I can't stop listening to this; the way he drops those syllables...

[@sandramorey2529]

Mike waterson is the most marvelous ballad singer. Actually they all are. With Norma's recent passing, they are all gone now. But Martin Carthy and daughter Eliza are going strong.

[@TheSoulofsweets]

The Diamond is a ship, my lads For the Davis Strait she's bound The quay it is all garnished With bonnie lasses 'round Captain Thompson gives the order To sail the whole world wide Where the sun it never sets, my lads Nor darkness dims the sky And it's cheer up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-fishing for the whale Along the quay at Peterhead The lasses stand aroon Wi' their shawls all pulled around them And the salt tears runnin' doon Don't you weep, my bonnie we'll lass Though you be left behind For the rose will grow on Greenland's banks Before we change our mind Here's a health to the Resolution Likewise the Eliza Swan Here's a health to the Battler of Montrose And the Diamond, ship of fame We wear the trousers o' the white The jackets o' the blue When we get back to Peterhead We'll have sweethearts enou' It will be bright both day and night When the Greenland lads come home Our ship full up with oil, my lads And money of our own We'll make the cradles for to rock And the blankets for to tear And every lass in Peterhead sing "Hushabye, my dear"

[@celeselce6783]

indigo mountian /

[@KingOFuh]

A pleasant little shanty. Goes well with a nice Chianti.

[@joesmith9917]

by far my favorite version of one of my favorite songs

[@magistergreene4708]

Warms the heart.

[@gartnait1]

good sound and great version of this song

[@SarahLouiseA]

A haunting lament of olde England

[@sethcrook4374]

brilliant

[@madhousetoobah]

Brilliant version!

[@frankkelch4553]

Beautiful.

[@Godard92]

What I would give to have been in that club that evening!

[@sweetiepiedave]

I was there - the Bluebell in Hull mid 60s

[@CashelOConnolly]

Howard Moss you’d have known The Valley Folk then. John who created the group died 2 years ago aged 79 his voice was gone here but still not bad he loved Lal and Norma Norma

[@ElizaCarthy1]

@@CashelOConnolly John is/was our cousin. As a family we’ve heard nothing-is there a way please you can contact me through my website? Www.Eliza-Carthy.com

[@stephenroden7895]

Fabulous!

[@C6H12B26]

Good ! Reminds me the Judy Collins' version ! Great thanks !

[@sandramorey2529]

That's a beauty,too. Judy was a wonderful traditional singer before Broadway stole her away.

[@TheMeleemonkey]

the corries were the first i heard sing it, but man i cant choose between them, i love them both.

[@cleitondecarvalho431]

This is why the classic always overcomes the corrent one

[@Klaudiusian]

Mike waterson singin, but who's on the guitar. This was before carthy joined, I'm guessin'.

[@theleadshoes]

Their cousin John Harrison.

[@SumDoood]

I can fit parts of this into Mountain's Nantucket Sleighride.

[@TheRealBoroNut]

It's an unusual song in that it's properly spelled bonnie not bonny, yet conversely pronounced bonny not bonnie. The original Scots styles it 'Boney ship' for some reason, yet historically it was actually a bunny ship, having been used by 'Auld Crackpot Thompson' in a failed attempt to introduce rabbits to Greenland.

[@Wotsitorlabart]

You mean it's not a whaling song!

[@TheRealBoroNut]

@@Wotsitorlabart No it's a wailing song. The first mate was called Bob Marley. It's all a matter of record. You can check it out for yourself. You won't find anything though.

[@MrEpeeFencer]

@@Wotsitorlabart He's trolling you, ignore him.

[@justforever96]

Ahem; it's "bonnie", not "bonny".

[@kingpendaofmercia6947]

justforever96 "Bonny" is used in Northern England, "Bonnie" is Scots I think