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"
Hey!
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"
Hey!
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’d be
A dandy when we
Reach this 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!
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
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
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!
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!
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!
(Instrumental)
There’s lots of
Fish in Bonnavista Harbour
Lots of fish
Right in around here
Boys & girls are
Fishing together
Forty-five from
Carbonear
One catch a hold this
One catch a hold that
One swing around this
One swing around she
One dance around this
One dance around that
One diddle round ‘dis
One diddle round dee
(instrumental)
(Yell)
Everybody make some
NOISE!!!