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[Verse 1]
Well it was Don this Monday morning and the dDay be calm and fine To the AHarbour Grace excursion with the Gboys to have a Dtime And Djust before the sailor took the gaGngway from the pDier I sGaw some fellow hDaul me wife abAoard as a voluntDeer
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Oh Dme, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh Ame, oh my, I Dthink I'm Agonna Ddie! Oh Dme, oh my, I hGeard me old wife sDay, "I wGish I'd never Dtaken this excAursion around the Dbay" HEY!
[Solo] D D D D [Verse 2]
We had Dfourteen hundred souls aboard, oh wDhat a splendid sight Left stAong and regimental to Gmake our spirits bDright MDeself being in the double, when a fGunny things they'd Dsay They cGhoke themselves from lDaughing when they'd Asee us in the Dbay
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Oh Dme, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh Ame, oh my, I Dthink I'm Agonna Ddie! Oh Dme, oh my, I hGeard me old wife sDay, "I wGish I'd never Dtaken this excAursion around the Dbay" HEY!
[Solo] D D D D [Verse 3]
Me wDife she got no better, she Dturned a sickly green I fAed her cake and candy, fat Gpork and kerosDene Castor ODil and sugar of candy, rubbed pure Goil on her fDace And I Gsaid she'll be a daDndy when we rAeaches Harbour GDrace!
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Oh Dme, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh Ame, oh my, I Dthink I'm Agonna Ddie! Oh Dme, oh my, I hGeard me old wife sDay, "I wGish I'd never Dtaken this excAursion around the Dbay" HEY!
[Solo] D D D D [Verse 4]
My wDife she got no better, my Dwife me darling dear The sAcreech heard from her trollear could Ghear in CarboneDar I tried Devery place in Harbour Grace, tried eGvery store and sDhop, To gGet her something Dfor a cure or tAake her to the hDop
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Oh Dme, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh Ame, oh my, I Dthink I'm Agonna Ddie! Oh Dme, oh my, I hGeard me old wife sDay, "I wGish I'd never Dtaken this excAursion around the Dbay" HEY!
[Bridge] D D D D x4 [Chorus]
Oh Dme, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh Ame, oh my, I Dthink I'm Agonna Ddie! Oh Dme, oh my, I hGeard me old wife sDay, "I wGish I'd never Dtaken this excAursion around the Dbay" HEY!
[Solo] D D D D [Verse 5]
She Ddied below the brandy's as Dwe were coming back We Aburied her in the ocean, wrapped Gup in a Union JDack So Dnow I am a single man, in sGearch of a pretty fDace And the Gwoman that says she'll hDave me, I'm Aoff for Harbour GrDace!
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Oh Dme, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh Ame, oh my, I Dthink I'm Agonna Ddie! Oh Dme, oh my, I hGeard me old wife sDay, "I wGish I'd never Dtaken this excAursion around the Dbay" HEY!
[Chorus] (accappella) N.C. Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry N.C. Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die! N.C. Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say, N.C. "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" HEY!