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Excursion 'Round the Bay

from Cutting Bracken by Fire In The Glen

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Well it was on a Monday morning, and the day be calm and fine,
A Harbor Grace excursion with the boys who had the time.
And just before the sailor took the gangway from the pier,
I saw some fellow haul me wife aboard as a volunteer.

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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!

We had full three hundred souls aboard, oh what a splendid sight!
Left strong and regimental to make our spirits bright,
And meself being in the double, all the funny things they'd say,
They choked themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay.

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Me wife she came up queasy, she turned a sickly green,
I fed her cake and candy, fat pork and kerosene,
Castor oil and sugar of brandy, I rubbed pure oil on her face,
And I said she'll be a dandy when we reaches Harbor Grace!

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My wife she got no better, my wife me darling dear,
The screeches from her truly they could hear in Carbonear!
I tried every place in Harbor Grace, tried every store and shop,
To get her something for a cure or take her to the hop.

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She died below the Brandies as we was comin' 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, we're off for Harbor Grace!

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from Cutting Bracken, released January 16, 2023

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Fire In The Glen York, Pennsylvania

Fire in the Glen, an energetic trio based in York, Berks and Lancaster counties, doesn't hold back at its performances! Featuring Tom Knapp (fiddle, bodhran, vocals), Amanda Wells (vocals, guitar), and Rod Nevin (vocals, bagpipes, whistles)
Fire In The Glen brings Irish, Scottish and Maritimes music, as well as their own brand of "Celtic eclectic" accents, to southcentral Pennsylvania and beyond. ... more

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