Excursion Around The Bay Chords by Derina Harvey Band

[N] _ _ [E] Well it was on this Monday morning and the day becoming fine
[F#] To the Harbour Grace excursion with the boys to [E] have a time
[G#] And just [E] before the sailor to the gangway from the pier
I saw some fella hold me wife aboard to volunteer
Oh me, oh my, [C#m] I heard the [E] old wife cry
Oh [B] me, oh [A] my, I think I'm gonna die
[C#m] Oh me, oh my, [B] I heard the old wife say
[A] I wish I'd [C#m] never taken this excursion [E] around the bay
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_ _ _ he equals three hundred souls aboard, oh what a splendid sight
[B] A strong and _ [A] regimental to make his [E] spirits bright
Miss up and in the double [A] from the funny [E] things he'd say
[A] He'd joke [E] themselves for laughing [B] when he sees [E] in the bay
Oh me, oh my, I heard the old wife cry
[B] Oh me, oh [A] my, I think I'm [E] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [A] I heard the [E] old wife say
[A] I wish I'd [E] never taken [B] this excursion [E] around the bay _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Me wish she'd gotten no better, she'd turn to Sydney green
[B] I'd fed her cake and [A] candy, fed pork and [E] kerosene
Easter oil and sugar, rock candy, [A] rubbed gear oil [E] on her face
[A] I said she'd [E] be a dandy [B] when we reach the [E] Harbour Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard the old wife cry
[B] Oh me, oh [A] my, I think I'm [E] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [A] I heard the [E] old wife say
[A] I wish I'd [E] never taken [B] this excursion [E] around the bay _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Me wish she'd gotten no better, me wish me darling dear
[B] Speak turn from a troll [A] here, get here and [E] dab on air
Tried every place at Harbour Grace, [A] tried every [E] store and shop
[A] To get her [E] something for [B] her door, take her [E] to the hop
Oh me, oh my, I heard the old wife cry
[B] Oh me, oh [A] my, I think I'm [E] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [A] I heard the [E] old wife say
[A] I wish I'd [E] never taken this excursion around the bay
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_ _ _ _ me, oh my, I heard the old wife cry
[B] Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna [E] die
Oh me, oh my, [A] I heard the [E] old wife say
[A] I wish I'd [E] never taken this excursion around the bay _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ She died alone with a friend, and three sisters of me were coming back
We buried her in the ocean, wrapped up in a union deck
So now I am a single man in search of a pretty face
And the woman who says she loved me, I'm [Em] off for Harbour Grace
Oh me, oh [E] my, I heard the old wife cry
[B] Oh me, oh [A] my, I think I'm [E] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [A] I heard the [E] old wife say
[A] I wish I'd [E] never taken this excursion around the bay
Oh me, oh my, I heard the old wife cry
Oh [B] me, oh [A] my, I think I'm [E] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard the old wife say
[A] I wish I'd [E] never taken this excursion around the bay
Oh _ my, I [B] heard the old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh [C#m] me, oh my, [B] I heard the old wife say
I [C#m] wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay Hey! _ _ _