Song Information
Song Artist(s):Great Big Sea
Song Title:Excursion Around the Bay
Year:1993

Album Information
Album:Great Big Sea
Track:3

Track Classification
Genre:Rock 1990s
MusicBrainz Genre:World

Audio
20 sec. sample

Lyrics
Original Source:LyricWiki
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

Chorus:
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"

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

Chorus

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!

Chorus

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

Chorus

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!

Chorus

Track Information
Measured Time:2:27
Traktor Peak dB:-0.360
Traktor Perceived dB: 5.009

Mix Information
Mixmeister BPM:138.0
Traktor BPM: 137.8 (100.0%)
Mixmeister Key:A m

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Song Artist:Great Big Sea
Song Title:Excursion Around The Bay
First Release Year:1993

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