verse 1 

            G 
Well it was on this Monday morning and the day be calm and fine 
       D                                G       D      G 
To the harbour grace excursion with the boys to have a time 
                                     C               G 
And just before the sailor took the gangway from the pier 
                  C             D               G 
I saw some fellow haul me wife aboard as a volunteer 


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   G 
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry 
   D            G         D     G 
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die! 
                C                 G 
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say, 
    C             G             D                 G 
"I wish I'd never taken this excursion around 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 

Chorus 

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! 

Chorus 

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 

Chorus 

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! 

Chorus