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Thread #111820 Message #2359914
Posted By: Joe Offer
07-Jun-08 - 04:10 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bringing Home the Oil (Clancy Brothers)
Subject: Lyr Add: BRINGING HOME THE OIL (Clancy Brothers)
I was going to ask if somebody has the lyrics, could they please post them. This video has better audio, but it's still very hard to understand.
Notes: One Gulf advertisement carried by NBC had The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem aboard an oil supertanker singing a raucous maritime song ("oil" is pronounced "ail" throughout):
Bringing Home the Oil (Clancy Brothers - songwriter unknown)
I'm an able-bodied sailor and I've often crossed the line, On whalin' ships and sailin' ships and ships of e-ve-ry kind. But now I have the very best job I've had in many a day, 'A workin' on a tanker bringin' oil to Bantry Bay!
Refrain: Hey! Bringin' home the oil, me boys, bringin' home the oil! Sailing all around the world, bringin' home the oil! A workin' on a giant ship, it's very hard we toil, Sailin' into Bantry Bay, bringin' home the oil!
She is the biggest ship, me lads, that ever sailed the sea. As graceful as a swan she goes; we sail her at our ease. From Arabie around Cape Hope we proudly make our way, To keep all Europe movin' from our base at Bantry Bay! (Refrain)
They're building other tankers now to speed more oil to you, The Universe Kuwait, me boys; Japan and Portugal, too. Also the Universe Ireland, I'm very proud to say, Is among the giant ships a bringin' oil to Bantry Bay! (Refrain)