Excursion Around the Bay

Well, it was on this Monday morning and the day had been calm and fine.

To the Harbour Grace Excursion with the boys who 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

R: 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!

Matt Strong in regimentals for to make our spirits bright.

And me self being in the double, when a funny things they'd say

They choke themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay

R: Oh me, oh my...

My 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'd be a dandy when we reaches Harbour Grace!

R: Oh me, oh my...

My wife she got no better, my wife me darling dear

The screeches from her throat 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

R: Oh me, oh my...

She died below the Brandies as we were coming back

We buried her in the ocean, wrapped up in the Union Jack

So now I am a single man, in search of a pretty face

And the woman that says she'll have me, sure I'm off for Harbour Grace!

R: Oh me, oh my...