Excursion Around the Bay — Great Big Sea
Chords and lyrics for Excursion Around the Bay by Great Big Sea (key of G).
Verse 1
Well it was [G]on this Monday morning and the day be calm and fine
To the [D]Harbour Grace excursion with the [G]boys to [D]have a [G]time
And just before the sailor took the [C]gangway from the [G]pier
I [C]saw some fellow haul me wife [C]aboard as a [D][G]volunteer
Oh [G]me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [D]me, oh my, I [G]think I'm [D]gonna [G]die!
Oh me, oh my, I [C]heard me old wife [G]say,
"I [C]wish I'd never [G]taken this [D]excursion around the [G]bay"
We had [G]fourteen hundred souls aboard, oh what a splendid sight
Left [D]stong and regimental to [G]make our [D]spirits [G]bright
And meself being in the double, when a [C]funny things [G]they'd say
They[C] choke themselves from laughing when they'd[C] see us [D]in the[G] bay
Oh [G]me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [D]me, oh my, I [G]think I'm [D]gonna [G]die!
Oh me, oh my, I [C]heard me old wife [G]say,
"I [C]wish I'd never [G]taken this [D]excursion around the [G]bay"
Me [G]wife she got no better, she turned a sickly green
I [D]fed her cake and candy, fat [G]pork and [D][G]kerosene
Castor Oil and sugar of candy, I rubbed[C] pure oil on [G]her face
And I said she'll be a dandy when we [C]reaches [D]Harbour [G]Grace!
Oh [G]me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [D]me, oh my, I [G]think I'm [D]gonna [G]die!
Oh me, oh my, I [C]heard me old wife [G]say,
"I [C]wish I'd never [G]taken this [D]excursion around the [G]bay"
My [G]wife she got no better, my wife me darling dear
The[D] screeches from her trollear could [G]hear in[D] [G]Carbonear
I tried every place in Harbour Grace, tried [C]every store and[G] shop,
To [C]get her something for a cure or [C]take her [D]to the [G]hop
Oh [G]me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [D]me, oh my, I [G]think I'm [D]gonna [G]die!
Oh me, oh my, I [C]heard me old wife [G]say,
"I [C]wish I'd never [G]taken this [D]excursion around the [G]bay"
She [G]died below the brandy's as we were coming back
We [D]buried her in the ocean, wrapped up[G] in a [D]Union [G]Jack
So now I am a single man, in [C]search of a pretty [G]face
And [C]the woman that says she'll have me, I'm[C] off for [D]Harbour [G]Grace!
Oh [G]me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [D]me, oh my, I [G]think I'm [D]gonna [G]die!
Oh me, oh my, I [C]heard me old wife [G]say,
"I [C]wish I'd never [G]taken this [D]excursion around the [G]bay"
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