Great Big Sea - Excursion Around the Bay lyrics
[Great Big Sea - Excursion Around the Bay lyrics]
Well it was on this Monday morning
And the day be calm and fine
To the Harbour Grace excursion
With the boys to have a time
And just before the sailor
Took the gangway from the pier
I saw some fella haul me wife
Aboard as a volunteer
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die!
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
"I wish I'd never taken this
Excursion around the bay"
We had full three hundred souls aboard
Oh, what a splendid sight!
Dressed all in regimental to
Make our spirit's bright
And meself being in the double
When a funny things they'd say
They choke themselves from
Laughing when they'd see us in the bay
Me wife she got no better
She turned a sickly green
I fed her cake and candy
Fat pork and kerosene
Castor Oil and sugar of candy
I rubbed pure oil on her face
And I said she'll be a dandy
When we reaches Harbour Grace!
My wife she got no better
My wife me darling dear
The screeches from her gob you
Could hear in Carbonear
I tried every place in Harbour Grace
Tried every store and shop
To get her something for a cure
Or take her to the hop
She died below the brandies as
We were coming back
We buried her in the ocean
Wrapped up in a Union Jack
So now I am a single man
In search of a pretty face
And the woman that says she'll have me
I'm off for Harbour Grace!
And the day be calm and fine
To the Harbour Grace excursion
With the boys to have a time
And just before the sailor
Took the gangway from the pier
I saw some fella haul me wife
Aboard as a volunteer
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die!
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
"I wish I'd never taken this
Excursion around the bay"
We had full three hundred souls aboard
Oh, what a splendid sight!
Dressed all in regimental to
Make our spirit's bright
And meself being in the double
When a funny things they'd say
They choke themselves from
Laughing when they'd see us in the bay
Me wife she got no better
She turned a sickly green
I fed her cake and candy
Fat pork and kerosene
Castor Oil and sugar of candy
I rubbed pure oil on her face
And I said she'll be a dandy
When we reaches Harbour Grace!
My wife she got no better
My wife me darling dear
The screeches from her gob you
Could hear in Carbonear
I tried every place in Harbour Grace
Tried every store and shop
To get her something for a cure
Or take her to the hop
She died below the brandies as
We were coming back
We buried her in the ocean
Wrapped up in a Union Jack
So now I am a single man
In search of a pretty face
And the woman that says she'll have me
I'm off for Harbour Grace!