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Excursion Around the Bay
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Excursion Around the Bay was released on January 1, 1993 by Warner Music Canada as a part of the album Great Big Sea
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1993
LabelWarner Music Canada
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM137

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Patrick Moran
Patrick Moran
Songwriter
Alan Thomas Doyle
Alan Thomas Doyle
Composer
Robert Bruce Hallett
Robert Bruce Hallett
Composer
Shawn McCann
Shawn McCann
Composer
Darrelle John Power
Darrelle John Power
Composer
Johnny Burke
Johnny Burke
Songwriter
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea
Arranger

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, it was on this Monday morning, and the day'd been calm and fine
To the Harbor 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
[Verse 2]
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"
[Verse 3]
We had full three-hundred souls aboard, oh, what a splendid sight
Now strung in regimental to make our spirits bright
And meself being in the double from the funny things they'd say
They'd choke themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay
[Verse 4]
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"
[Verse 5]
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 Harbor Grace
[Verse 6]
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"
[Verse 7]
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 Harbor Grace, tried every store and shop
To get her something for a cure or take her to the hop
[Verse 8]
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"
[Verse 9]
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 Harbor Grace
[Verse 10]
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
Written by: Alan Thomas Doyle, Darrelle John Power, Johnny Burke, R. Hallett, Robert Bruce Hallett, Shawn McCann, Trad
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