Great Big Sea - Excursion around the bay
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[Verse 1]
Well it was Fon this Monday morning and the day be calm and fine
To the Gharbour grace excursion with the Fboys to Ghave a Ftime
And just before the sailor took the gFangway from the Fpier
I saw some fellow Fhaul me wife aGboard as a volunFteer
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Oh Fme, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh Gme, oh my, I Fthink I'm Ggonna Fdie!
Oh me, oh my, I Fheard me old wife Fsay,
&quoFt;I wish I'd nFever taken thiGs excursion aroundF the bay"
[Verse 2]
We had fourteen hundred souls aboard, oh what a splendid sight!
Left stong and 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
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[Verse 3]
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'll be a dandy when we reaches Harbour Grace!
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[Verse 4]
My wife she got no better, my wife me darling dear
The screeches from her trollear 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
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[Verse 5]
She died below the brandy's 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!
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