-Standard Tuning-
-No Capo-
-Chords:-
G: 320033
D: xx0232
C: x32010
[Verse 1]
Well it was [G]on this Monday morning and the day be calm and fine
To the [D]harbour grace excursion with the [G]boys to [D]have a [G]time
And just before the sailor took the g[C]angway from the [G]pier
I saw some fellow [C]haul me wife a[D]board as a volun[G]teer
[Chorus]
Oh [G]me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [D]me, oh my, I [G]think I'm [D]gonna [G]die!
Oh me, oh my, I [C]heard me old wife [G]say,
"I w[C]ish I'd never [G]taken this exc[D]ursion around the [G]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]
-No Capo-
-Chords:-
G: 320033
D: xx0232
C: x32010
[Verse 1]
Well it was [G]on this Monday morning and the day be calm and fine
To the [D]harbour grace excursion with the [G]boys to [D]have a [G]time
And just before the sailor took the g[C]angway from the [G]pier
I saw some fellow [C]haul me wife a[D]board as a volun[G]teer
[Chorus]
Oh [G]me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [D]me, oh my, I [G]think I'm [D]gonna [G]die!
Oh me, oh my, I [C]heard me old wife [G]say,
"I w[C]ish I'd never [G]taken this exc[D]ursion around the [G]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]
