Well, it was on this Monday morning and the day had been calm and fine. To the Harbour Grace Excursion with the boys who 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 R: 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! Matt Strong in regimentals for to make our spirits bright. And me self being in the double, when a funny things they'd say They choke themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay R: Oh me, oh my... My 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'd be a dandy when we reaches Harbour Grace! R: Oh me, oh my... My wife she got no better, my wife me darling dear The screeches from her throat 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 R: Oh me, oh my... She died below the Brandies as we were coming back We buried her in the ocean, wrapped up in the Union Jack So now I am a single man, in search of a pretty face And the woman that says she'll have me, sure I'm off for Harbour Grace! R: Oh me, oh my...