The Diamond is a ship my boys, for Greenland she is bound. And the quay it is all garnished with bonny lassies 'round. The Captain gives the order to sail the ocean wide.
[Chorus]. As we march down to Fannerio. As we march down to Fannerio. Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove. And we called her by her name pretty Peggy-O.
Once there was a girl with a dream in her heart. Wild as the wind was her hope. In those far off days she could dream all she would. No one but her heart believed her hope.
I was only nineteen the morning you were born. With your hair fine and red and your eyes like my own. Barely a woman with only a song. I sang to keep you smilin' and held you all night long.