I strongly remember this advertisement. It was created for Gulf Oil’s sponsorship of the NBC coverage of the July 1969 Apollo moon landing, and was shown probably hourly throughout, mixed out with a very limited number of other Gulf ads. It was very fitting: Mankind was fulfilling the age-old dream of going to the moon, and here is largest ship ever built, all while nodding to mankind’s seafaring history, and recognizing how far we have come. I see the moon landings as the philosophical high point of all civilization. We were celebrating our technical achievements as unified Americans gathered together from diverse cultures, but now with the same goals, in a new American culture of freedom. We had eliminated slavery, grown beyond racism, and were marching as one to the stars. In retrospect, it seems an enormous blown opportunity for all of humankind. It is important to note that the oil terminal at Bantry Bay was destroyed in the “Betelgeuse Incident” of 1979, and was never reopened. Yes, the rise of digital tech, the internet, and mobile tech since 1969 has been magnificent - but it is inward-looking, and oddly divisive. We need a frontier that gives an existential challenge. Then all our effete sensibilities will seem like silliness.
I remember a black guy in jail at the same time as me doing a "stomp" dance, Irish jig when this commercial came on while we were cleaning the common areas, re room etc. One afternoon. His antics and spirit made the place more tolerable. He was damn sure entertaining. Mobile, Ala. May of 70 or 71. I think.
I remember it from the Gemini missions launch coverage before Apollo. But my favorite was the one about "Big Brutus" - the enormous coal strip mine shovel. I can't seem to find it anywhere.
@@franklittle8124 Frank? I seem to have a knack for finding stuff like what you're trying to find regarding "Big Brutus" the Shovel... I'm 61, and was about 7 when this Gulf Oil And aired and was living in Suburban Los Angeles... So Naturally, being so Close to the Port of Los Angeles this Commercial is very easy to Recall. If You can tell me a Little about the Ad You saw with "Big Brutus" I might be able to help. Here's some things to help get the Ball Rolling: 1) Can You first remember the Age You Were and add that to the Year You were Born? 2) Let me know what Region of the Country You were living in. 3) See if You can Remember what Television Program You Associate with the Commercial (Bear in Mind that I can Recall Documentaries on Things like "Big Brutus" on Programs like "60 Minutes"and Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt on CBS and "Documercials" from Enco and Exxon on NBC's Weekend Evening News Broadcasts... See what You come up with and get back with me here and maybe We can Dig up some Dirt on "Big Brutus" Together, okay? Bruno ⚓
I don't think it was as "woke" as you describe. Although Dr. Werner von Braun was celebrated as the "father" of the Saturn Five rocket (Saturn V), most people who knew history knew that this was the successor to the same V2 rocket that hit London in 1944--and it was the same Dr. von Braun! The adults of then were not all acknowledging each other's heritages and "Celebrating our Diversity!!!" They were hoping that the rocket worked, and the men (yes, exclusively, MEN---and no one protested!) got to the moon and back home, alive, as Kennedy had committed. Clear debate on when fossil fuels should have been more tightly regulated to avoid what we're seeing now. Gulf Oil was a weaker company compared to the Standard Oil "Seven Sisters", like Esso. They needed the ad visibility to compete.
I thought Garbagemen were pretty Cool. You see, when I lived in Cleveland, they came on Tuesday. Same in Detroit. SO-I'd only have to work one day/week!
LOL!!! This Commercial helped me decide to be a Mariner... which was respected by my pre-pubesent peers until I had to move 2500 miles from Los Angeles Harbor. I never made it professionally. ... people STILL think I'm NUTS, but I don't care... they just take all Merchant Mariners for granted and then wonder why our Country is still so dependant on the rest of the World... ... even if we still made Stuff here, if We can't deliver it to their Ports, the rest of the World quickly forgets under who's Flag the Stuff was built or Grown. Bruno Biava ⚓
When I was a child in the 1960's my Irish neighbors listened to music that all sounded to me like The Clancy Brothers. Fortunately years later I discovered the wonderful variety of Celtic music.
Loved this commercial as a kid growing up in Philly!! I, too also remember it during the coverage of the Apollo moon shots….great memories it brings back!! Just Googled “Bringing home the oil boys” - and there it was!! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS GEM!!!!!
Thanks for tracking down and posting the original commercial (or at least one that includes the Gulf livery). I was amazed to find that so many commenters make exactly the same associations as I do with this ad: the Apollo missions, NBC News, endless hours in front of the TV. This commercial belongs right up there with "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" and "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing!"
+pbatommy I have this in audio format. I recorded the Apollo 11 Moon Landing audio on a reel to reel tape recorder in 1969 and they were one of the sponsors. Less then 10 years later we had the Arab Oil Embargo and gas prices started shooting up. Gulf Oil was bought out by Standard Oil of California. Then the Europeans started drilling in the North Sea.
@@pbatommy Me, too!!! I've always fancied Celtic music, and I just bet that this fine Irish tune started it all!! Just happened to come to mind today, probably because of St Paddy's day coming up!! "Hey, a-bringin' home the aisle me boys, A-bringin'home the aisle Sailin' all around the world A bringin' home the aisle A-workin' on a giant ship is velly hahd we fin' A-sailin inta Galway bay A-bringin'home the aisle!!" Very great commercial!!😊😊🇮🇪🇺🇸✝️⚜️
Fantastic. Uncle Charlie Norton and sons used to drink along to this and other Clancey boys tunes. Happy memories; thanks for posting. I'm about due for a brew right now.
Oh yes I remember this commercial. And like others who have posted already, I associate it with NBC's coverage of the Apollo lunar landings in 1969. I was nine years old. What memories! Short story: In 1966, amid threats of the closure of the Suez Canal, Gulf Oil built a fleet of Ultra Large Crude Carrier tankers to move oil from the Middle East around Cape Hope of Africa and north to European ports. The tankers were too large to dock at existing ports, so in 1968 Gulf built a new storage tank farm on Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay in southern Ireland. The facility included an off-shore jetty where the tankers - with the aid of tug boats - docked to offload their oil. This commercial is about that facility and the tankers which docked there. It is sung by the Clancy Brothers to the tune of "The Gallant Forty TWA." With the canal closed (June, 1967) the operation was very successful, until the canal reopened in 1975, enabling smaller vessels to move the oil more quickly and at far less cost. Though it was no longer very profitable, Gulf kept the using the facility......until the fateful morning of January 8, 1979. At about 1:00 that morning, an aging French tanker, the Betelgeuse (beetle juice), was offloading oil when it caught fire, exploded and burned in massive fireball. In what came to be known as the Whiddy Island Disaster, 42 crew members and eight Gulf employees were killed, and a sizable portion of the jetty was destroyed. The salvage and clean-up took nearly two years to complete. Gulf never used the facility again. Instead they turned it over to the Irish government, which to this day uses it as a strategic oil reserve. The tank farm and what's left of the jetty are clearly visible on Google's satellite images.
Also Gulf sponsoring political conventions. And auto racing fans will remember the Ford GT-40 in the late 60's and later the Porsche 917's rocking the blue, white and orange Gulf Oil colors dominating LeMans.
Thank you God for these wonderful exploding dinosaurs it's made my life and everyone in the world just that much more pleasurableand for all you tree huggers that are going around the world preaching your garbage and nonsense in Jets and asking for donations to buy your 20-room Mansions up yours
Oh gosh... yes I remember this... during the (hours and hours and hours of continuous) coverage of the Apollo moon missions they'd run this thing about every five minutes. It was maddening.
robcat2075 Gulf made quite a few of them. On the day of Apollo 11 landed and until they took from off the Moon, Gulf Oil and NBC ran NO COMMERCIALS at all
I remember this ad from the NBC coverage of the moonshots. Gulf was the exclusive sponsor of the coverage, and this ad celebrated the new generation of supertankers.
@@johcafra Glad you enjoyed the humour. This commercial was still playingduring the 70's oil embargo and became a joke. The oil industry had many such absurd commercials then and the public was not taken in - even as kids we laughed at them.
@@joycekoch5746 But as with most commercials I remember (still) the music, and this particular "jingle" truly never went away. Bonus trivia: A Stateside TV commercial from the Sixties that set the precedent for a "pop" tune pitched Alka-Seltzer. Give a listen to "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)".
@@johnfraraccio99 Hmm, if Alka-Seltzer can pitch "No matter what shape your stomach is in" Imagine what they could do witheir ED commercials..."Go ahead Grandpa, you are 13 again".
During NBC coverage of the Apollo lunar flights, Frank McGee (who anchored those space shots) would often announce "We'll be back after this word from Gulf, sung by the Clancy Brothers...".
I'm an able bodied sailor and I've often crossed the line On whaling ships and sailing ships and ships of ev-er-y kind But now I've got the very best job I've had for many a day I'm workin' on the tanker bringing oil to Bantry Bay Hey! Bringin' home the oil, me boys, bringin' home the oil! Sailin' 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 lad that's ever sailed the sea But graceful as a swan she goes, we sail her at our ease From Araby around Cape Hope we proudly make our way And keep all Europe moving from our base in Bantry Bay Hey! Bringin' home the oil, me boys, bringin' home the oil! Sailin' all around the world, bringin' home the oil! A' workin' on a giant ship, it's very hard we toil, And sailin' into Bantry Bay, bringin' home the oil! They're building other tankers now to speed more oil to you The Universe Kuwait, me lads, Japan and Portugal too Also the Universe Ireland, I'm very proud to say Is among the giant ships that's bringin' oil to Bantry Bay Hey! Bringin' home the oil, me boys, bringin' home the oil! Sailin' 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! A' workin' on a giant ship, it's very hard we toil, And sailin' into Bantry Bay, bringin' home the oil!
I remember this as a kid, when we used to watch the apollo missions in school. I always thought they were saying zubunzi bay instead of bantry bay....no wonder I couldn't find it on a world map lol
A great commercial, showing just how much TV advertising has declined. But this was being shown some 25 years before the Exxon Valdez oil spill. And it didn't get much coverage in the US, but 10 years before a tanker off loading at terminal in Bantry Bay (seen in the final shot) caught fire and exploded. Fifty people were killed and a major oil spill resulted. This commercial was also before major concern about global warming. No oil company is going to take out ads glorifying their tankers any more.
Wow! Nostalgia! Is it possible for me to use and share this footage on my youtube page? I share footage from all kind of activities on our ocean. Cargo ships in the 1960s till now, oil rigs, fishing vessels, etc. Of course full credit will be given to the owner of the footage. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Cheers.
Verse 1: 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 for many a day, I'm 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! Verse 2: 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) Verse 3: They're building other tankers now to speed more oil to you, The Universe Kuwait, me lads; 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)
So much Superior to Mike Lindell's "My Pillow" 3-minute TV rants about pillows, sheets, and what next? I recall Gulftane, Good Gulf, and high in Tetraethyl lead-rich "No Nox" as Gulf's menu of gasoline options. Now onto Wreck of the Edmund Fitgerald.
Chris, I spent my early childhood (1962-1971) in the Los Angeles area, Dad kept our boat down in the Harbor...all before catalytic converters and Unleaded Gas. Some days you could try to cut the air with a knife... but if you didn't stop to sharpen it a couple times, it was hopeless to even try...
My dad was the radio man on this ship!
I strongly remember this advertisement. It was created for Gulf Oil’s sponsorship of the NBC coverage of the July 1969 Apollo moon landing, and was shown probably hourly throughout, mixed out with a very limited number of other Gulf ads. It was very fitting: Mankind was fulfilling the age-old dream of going to the moon, and here is largest ship ever built, all while nodding to mankind’s seafaring history, and recognizing how far we have come. I see the moon landings as the philosophical high point of all civilization. We were celebrating our technical achievements as unified Americans gathered together from diverse cultures, but now with the same goals, in a new American culture of freedom. We had eliminated slavery, grown beyond racism, and were marching as one to the stars. In retrospect, it seems an enormous blown opportunity for all of humankind. It is important to note that the oil terminal at Bantry Bay was destroyed in the “Betelgeuse Incident” of 1979, and was never reopened. Yes, the rise of digital tech, the internet, and mobile tech since 1969 has been magnificent - but it is inward-looking, and oddly divisive. We need a frontier that gives an existential challenge. Then all our effete sensibilities will seem like silliness.
It was played as early as Apollo 10. I remembered watching the coverage in class.
I remember a black guy in jail at the same time as me doing a "stomp" dance, Irish jig when this commercial came on while we were cleaning the common areas, re room etc. One afternoon. His antics and spirit made the place more tolerable. He was damn sure entertaining. Mobile, Ala. May of 70 or 71. I think.
I remember it from the Gemini missions launch coverage before Apollo. But my favorite was the one about "Big Brutus" - the enormous coal strip mine shovel. I can't seem to find it anywhere.
@@franklittle8124
Frank?
I seem to have a knack for finding stuff like what you're trying to find regarding "Big Brutus" the Shovel...
I'm 61, and was about 7 when this Gulf Oil And aired and was living in Suburban Los Angeles... So Naturally, being so Close to the Port of Los Angeles this Commercial is very easy to Recall.
If You can tell me a Little about the Ad You saw with "Big Brutus" I might be able to help.
Here's some things to help get the Ball Rolling:
1) Can You first remember the Age You Were and add that to the Year You were Born?
2) Let me know what Region of the Country You were living in.
3) See if You can Remember what Television Program You Associate with the Commercial (Bear in Mind that I can Recall Documentaries on Things like "Big Brutus" on Programs like "60 Minutes"and Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt on CBS and "Documercials" from Enco and Exxon on NBC's Weekend Evening News Broadcasts...
See what You come up with and get back with me here and maybe We can Dig up some Dirt on "Big Brutus" Together, okay?
Bruno ⚓
I don't think it was as "woke" as you describe. Although Dr. Werner von Braun was celebrated as the "father" of the Saturn Five rocket (Saturn V), most people who knew history knew that this was the successor to the same V2 rocket that hit London in 1944--and it was the same Dr. von Braun! The adults of then were not all acknowledging each other's heritages and "Celebrating our Diversity!!!" They were hoping that the rocket worked, and the men (yes, exclusively, MEN---and no one protested!) got to the moon and back home, alive, as Kennedy had committed. Clear debate on when fossil fuels should have been more tightly regulated to avoid what we're seeing now. Gulf Oil was a weaker company compared to the Standard Oil "Seven Sisters", like Esso. They needed the ad visibility to compete.
Four-year-old me couldn't decide whether I wanted to be an astronaut or "a workin' on a tank ship" when I grew up!
I thought Garbagemen were pretty Cool. You see, when I lived in Cleveland, they came on Tuesday. Same in Detroit. SO-I'd only have to work one day/week!
LOL!!! This Commercial helped me decide to be a Mariner... which was respected by my pre-pubesent peers until I had to move 2500 miles from Los Angeles Harbor.
I never made it professionally.
... people STILL think I'm NUTS, but I don't care... they just take all Merchant Mariners for granted and then wonder why our Country is still so dependant on the rest of the World...
... even if we still made Stuff here, if We can't deliver it to their Ports, the rest of the World quickly forgets under who's Flag the Stuff was built or Grown.
Bruno Biava ⚓
Well I wanted to be one of those guys that drove everywhere while sitting on the road. Must have some Kevlar undies
Saw this while watching the moon landings, eh? Me too. Must've been my introduction to Irish music at the ripe old age of 6.
We will return to our NBC Apollo mission coverage, after this message from our sponsers at Gulf
Also Gemini! lol
Yeah, that little propaganda ear worm STUCK with me. You know, I think Gulf could pay for a Lunar Mission!
@@mikesgoodmann9349 I was five years old when Mcdivott and White (RIP) walked in Space, and still remember it.
@@drpoundsign Yes, I remember the GT-4 mission too; I was 10 at the time. (3 June 1965)
Loved watching these commercials during the Apollo space flights.
When I was a child in the 1960's my Irish neighbors listened to music that all sounded to me like The Clancy Brothers.
Fortunately years later I discovered the wonderful variety of Celtic music.
This commercial brings-back fond memories of moon landing coverage during the great days of Apollo. It ran a lot during those events.
Loved this commercial as a kid growing up in Philly!! I, too also remember it during the coverage of the Apollo moon shots….great memories it brings back!! Just Googled “Bringing home the oil boys” - and there it was!! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS GEM!!!!!
Thanks for tracking down and posting the original commercial (or at least one that includes the Gulf livery). I was amazed to find that so many commenters make exactly the same associations as I do with this ad: the Apollo missions, NBC News, endless hours in front of the TV. This commercial belongs right up there with "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" and "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing!"
I love the Clancy Brothers great Irish folk musicians. And yes, remember this commercial watching the space coverages in the late 60's.
Great memories of this commercials....getting up super early to watch the Apollo launches....let me go back, just for one day!
Brings back such great memories of watching space shot coverage with my late father. Bringin' home the aisle, me byes!
I loved this commercial! I am old enough to remember the jingle pretty good! As a matter of fact I was walking around my house singing this song!
Bringin' home the aisle, me byes!
Back when oil was not bad! It got us to where we were, and to this day, it’s brought to where we’re at.
People of a certain age can still sing at least the chorus of this jingle!
I'm one of them. Someone actually sent me the song on an MP3!
+pbatommy I have this in audio format. I recorded the Apollo 11 Moon Landing audio on a reel to reel tape recorder in 1969 and they were one of the sponsors. Less then 10 years later we had the Arab Oil Embargo and gas prices started shooting up. Gulf Oil was bought out by Standard Oil of California. Then the Europeans started drilling in the North Sea.
@@pbatommy Me, too!!!
I've always fancied Celtic music, and I just bet that this fine Irish tune started it all!!
Just happened to come to mind today, probably because of St Paddy's day coming up!!
"Hey, a-bringin' home the aisle me boys,
A-bringin'home the aisle
Sailin' all around the world
A bringin' home the aisle
A-workin' on a giant ship is velly hahd we fin'
A-sailin inta Galway bay
A-bringin'home the aisle!!"
Very great commercial!!😊😊🇮🇪🇺🇸✝️⚜️
And I AM ONE OF THEM!!!!
LOVED this commercial!!!!!
Fantastic. Uncle Charlie Norton and sons used to drink along to this and other Clancey boys tunes. Happy memories; thanks for posting. I'm about due for a brew right now.
Oh yes I remember this commercial. And like others who have posted already, I associate it with NBC's coverage of the Apollo lunar landings in 1969. I was nine years old. What memories!
Short story: In 1966, amid threats of the closure of the Suez Canal, Gulf Oil built a fleet of Ultra Large Crude Carrier tankers to move oil from the Middle East around Cape Hope of Africa and north to European ports. The tankers were too large to dock at existing ports, so in 1968 Gulf built a new storage tank farm on Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay in southern Ireland. The facility included an off-shore jetty where the tankers - with the aid of tug boats - docked to offload their oil. This commercial is about that facility and the tankers which docked there. It is sung by the Clancy Brothers to the tune of "The Gallant Forty TWA."
With the canal closed (June, 1967) the operation was very successful, until the canal reopened in 1975, enabling smaller vessels to move the oil more quickly and at far less cost. Though it was no longer very profitable, Gulf kept the using the facility......until the fateful morning of January 8, 1979.
At about 1:00 that morning, an aging French tanker, the Betelgeuse (beetle juice), was offloading oil when it caught fire, exploded and burned in massive fireball. In what came to be known as the Whiddy Island Disaster, 42 crew members and eight Gulf employees were killed, and a sizable portion of the jetty was destroyed. The salvage and clean-up took nearly two years to complete. Gulf never used the facility again. Instead they turned it over to the Irish government, which to this day uses it as a strategic oil reserve. The tank farm and what's left of the jetty are clearly visible on Google's satellite images.
Also Gulf sponsoring political conventions. And auto racing fans will remember the Ford GT-40 in the late 60's and later the Porsche 917's rocking the blue, white and orange Gulf Oil colors dominating LeMans.
LarryBarkerPBP100 I was eleven years old! My dad worked for Grumman corporation, the maker of the Lunar Module.
One of the best commercials EVEr, Thank for posting!
Thank you God for these wonderful exploding dinosaurs it's made my life and everyone in the world just that much more pleasurableand for all you tree huggers that are going around the world preaching your garbage and nonsense in Jets and asking for donations to buy your 20-room Mansions up yours
This also brings back great memories to me. Still a lovely tune.
my mother and I used to sing this together when we watched this commercial on TV...those were the days....
I hope someone got a raise. Heck of a fine production.
I love this commercial!
I used to love the moon coverage, but especially on NBC for this commercial!
Me too!
Remember watching this in school when our teacher would show coverage of the Apollo missions. Happy memories!
THANK YOU! It's been over fifty years and I still remember this. Was always on the coverage of the NASA shots. Great song!
Oh gosh... yes I remember this... during the (hours and hours and hours of continuous) coverage of the Apollo moon missions they'd run this thing about every five minutes. It was maddening.
On NBC TV. I remember Frank McGee was the anchor for many of the moon missions and other science type programs on NBC.
robcat2075 Gulf made quite a few of them. On the day of Apollo 11 landed and until they took from off the Moon, Gulf Oil and NBC ran NO COMMERCIALS at all
I remember this as well--on NBC's coverage of the NASA space launches, anchored by Frank McGee. Such memories!
I remember this ad from the NBC coverage of the moonshots. Gulf was the exclusive sponsor of the coverage, and this ad celebrated the new generation of supertankers.
A real toe tapper! Loved it.
Epic commercial, thank you Gulf …👍🏻
I loved this commercial as kid.
Simply Great.
Thanks for posting this classic, Remember seeing it on TV in the early 1970s
is THAT the Irish Rovers?? As a young nerd in grade school, that song stuck with me most during the Lunar Missions.
The song was done by the Clancey Brothers
@@pbatommy Sorry...I shot from the hip
@@drpoundsign No problem.
@@pbatommy The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem 😉
The song is from a 1963 tune "Paddy goes to Oman".
Of course you realize you made me look for this. Try "The Gallant Forty Twa" instead.
@@johcafra Glad you enjoyed the humour. This commercial was still playingduring the 70's oil embargo and became a joke. The oil industry had many such absurd commercials then and the public was not taken in - even as kids we laughed at them.
@@joycekoch5746 But as with most commercials I remember (still) the music, and this particular "jingle" truly never went away. Bonus trivia: A Stateside TV commercial from the Sixties that set the precedent for a "pop" tune pitched Alka-Seltzer. Give a listen to "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)".
@@johnfraraccio99 Hmm, if Alka-Seltzer can pitch "No matter what shape your stomach is in" Imagine what they could do witheir ED commercials..."Go ahead Grandpa, you are 13 again".
Dang, This tune makes me feel Good!!!!
During NBC coverage of the Apollo lunar flights, Frank McGee (who anchored those space shots) would often announce "We'll be back after this word from Gulf, sung by the Clancy Brothers...".
I remember those telecasts quite well. I was VERY fortunate to find this commercial, and the song.
altfactor Also throughout all the network coverage of the Gemini program back in the mid-60's.
He was doing that during Gemini, too. That's the first time I remember seeing this.
It goes even farther back...to the days of Project Gemini
Back when oil was respected as the fuel of freedom and prosperity.
"Gulf. Wherever work there is to be done."
brings back memories of the family watching the Apollo rocket launch
I'm an able bodied sailor and I've often crossed the line
On whaling ships and sailing ships and ships of ev-er-y kind
But now I've got the very best job I've had for many a day
I'm workin' on the tanker bringing oil to Bantry Bay
Hey!
Bringin' home the oil, me boys, bringin' home the oil!
Sailin' 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 lad that's ever sailed the sea
But graceful as a swan she goes, we sail her at our ease
From Araby around Cape Hope we proudly make our way
And keep all Europe moving from our base in Bantry Bay
Hey!
Bringin' home the oil, me boys, bringin' home the oil!
Sailin' all around the world, bringin' home the oil!
A' workin' on a giant ship, it's very hard we toil,
And sailin' into Bantry Bay, bringin' home the oil!
They're building other tankers now to speed more oil to you
The Universe Kuwait, me lads, Japan and Portugal too
Also the Universe Ireland, I'm very proud to say
Is among the giant ships that's bringin' oil to Bantry Bay
Hey!
Bringin' home the oil, me boys, bringin' home the oil!
Sailin' 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!
A' workin' on a giant ship, it's very hard we toil,
And sailin' into Bantry Bay, bringin' home the oil!
I remember this as a kid, when we used to watch the apollo missions in school. I always thought they were saying zubunzi bay instead of bantry bay....no wonder I couldn't find it on a world map lol
All the time we've been messing about maintaining "Peace" (?) in the Persian Gulf; We should DEMAND COMPENSATION for
our efforts!!
My favorite kid song along with "big fig newton,"
Because the Gulf GT 40 was the coolest and best racing car oat, I still buy my gasoline at Gulf. In short, I'm not a golfer, but I'm a Gulfer.
Great song for those tug boats pushing the stuck tanker in Suez canal
A great commercial, showing just how much TV advertising has declined. But this was being shown some 25 years before the Exxon Valdez oil spill. And it didn't get much coverage in the US, but 10 years before a tanker off loading at terminal in Bantry Bay (seen in the final shot) caught fire and exploded. Fifty people were killed and a major oil spill resulted. This commercial was also before major concern about global warming. No oil company is going to take out ads glorifying their tankers any more.
Now give a listen to "The Gallant Forty Twa".
Wow! Nostalgia! Is it possible for me to use and share this footage on my youtube page? I share footage from all kind of activities on our ocean. Cargo ships in the 1960s till now, oil rigs, fishing vessels, etc. Of course full credit will be given to the owner of the footage. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Cheers.
I had a flashback to this commercial while watching the CNN Apollo 11 film last night. Looks as if Samsung has replaced Gulf Oil.
lucky enough in my travels to actually see the Universe Kuwait off shore. The thing is like an frickin' island, its so huge.
I used to see every gulf service and gas stations until BP brought it out
Great song! Celtic Woman or the Chieftains ought to cover this one.
What was the name of this Gulf Oil tanker?
Gulf was a terrific company until T.Boone Pickens raided it. 40,000 Gulf People meeting the challenge and I had the honor to be one of them
lol Took me back too many years. Has it really been that long?
And we all know well *THAT* turned out...
Verse 1:
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 for many a day,
I'm 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!
Verse 2:
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)
Verse 3:
They're building other tankers now to speed more oil to you,
The Universe Kuwait, me lads; 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)
Bringing home the oil to the beaches!
DADS HOME.
And don't forget to buy that Irish Spring soap great for getting rid of sludge
and making Paddy clean for his wife and 10 children.
Oh, and you've heard of me now have ya?
What the Suez crisis was really about......
Please put this on tik tok
So much Superior to Mike Lindell's "My Pillow" 3-minute TV rants about pillows, sheets, and what next? I recall Gulftane, Good Gulf, and high in Tetraethyl lead-rich "No Nox" as Gulf's menu of gasoline options. Now onto Wreck of the Edmund Fitgerald.
Chris, I spent my early childhood (1962-1971) in the Los Angeles area, Dad kept our boat down in the Harbor...all before catalytic converters and Unleaded Gas. Some days you could try to cut the air with a knife... but if you didn't stop to sharpen it a couple times, it was hopeless to even try...
The band is the Irish Rovers, not "the Clancey Brothers."
See this Gulf video and then apologize to the OP...
th-cam.com/video/MhPRHOw1BnM/w-d-xo.html
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem....
This is MOST DEFINETLY makem and the clancies, i have a link to the origional tape and i am a huge fanatic when it comes to there music