"Excursion Around The Bay" is a popular Newfoundland folk song. Songs with an unknown composer/lyricist ("Traditional" " A Great Big Sea Hove In Long Beach " " Feller from Fortune It was written by Johnny Burke (1851-1930), a popular St. ---- Johnny Burke (1851 - 1930 was a Newfoundland songwriter and musician John's balladeer.
It was covered by Great Big Sea on their 1993 and 2000 albums, Great Big Sea and Road Rage, and then again on their live recording, Great Big DVD and CD. Great Big Sea (often shortened to GBS) is a Canadian Folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic Great Big Sea is Great Big Sea's self-titled independently-released debut album Road Rage is an album by Great Big Sea released in 2000 It is a compilation of live performances that took place between October 14 and December Most recently it was featured on their album Courage & Patience & Grit. Courage & Patience & Grit is a DVD / CD set released by the band Great Big Sea on November 14th 2006