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Excursion Around The Bay
(traditional sung by Darrell Power)
Acapello in the Key of G# (capo up one)
2/4 these chords work for all verses and the chorus.

When it was(G) on this monday morning
And the (G)day be calm and fine
a(D) harbour grace excursion
With the (G)boys who had the time
And (G)just before the sailor
Took the (Am) gangway from the (D) pier
I (C)saw some fellow (G) haul me wife
a (D) board of the (G) 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" (hey; fist in the air)
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 thing they'd say
They'd 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 rock 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 truly 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 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 x2

Hangin' Johnny
Traditional (Arr. Great Big Sea)
"This is another new song I've been working on.
It's about one of my favorite hobbies...

Oh they call me hangin Johnny,
Away, boys, away!
but I've never hanged nobody
And it's hang, boys, hang!

Well first I hanged me mother,
Away, boys, away!
Me sisters and me brothers
And it's hang, boys, hang!

Well next I hanged me granny,
Away, boys, away!
Well I hanged the holy family
And it's hang, boys, hang!

Well I never hangs for money
Away, boys, away!
It's just that hanging's so bloody funny
And it's hang, boys, hang!

Oh they calls me hangin Séanny
Away, boys, away!
but I never hanged nobody
And it's hang, boys, hang!
(The laugh has been claimed by Vanessa of Kingston, Ontario.)

"Thanks a lot everybody! God bless!"
GREAT BIG SEA! GREAT BIG SEA! GREAT BIG SEA! GREAT BIG SEA! GREAT BIG SEA!