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 spirits 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 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 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'll be a dandy When we reaches Harbour Grace 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 My wife she got no better My wife me darling dear The screeches from her trolley 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 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 She died below the brandies As we were comin' 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 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 Hey!