Bringin' home the oil, me boys, bringin' home the oil!

[trof]

1980s...One Gulf Oil TV commercial carried by NBC had a Celtic musical group aboard an oil supertanker singing a raucous maritime song ("oil" is pronounced "ail" throughout):

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 finest ship, me lads, that ever sailed the sea.
As graceful as a swan she goes; we sail her at our ease.
From Africa 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!