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The song is told from the point of view of an "able-bodied sailor" who boasts of "sailin' all around the world" and "bringin' home the oil" to "keep all Europe movin' from our base in Bantry Bay." Gulf's operations from its Whiddy Island oil terminal in Bantry Bay ended on a night in January 1979 when the Total Oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded ...
With its cargo of souls inside, But the captain stood On the sinking deck, "There is no room for me: he cried; "Do not wait my lads!" "Pull away!' he said, And the life boat shot o'er the sea. He murmered low, "Tis my time to go Another port waits for me." Then in the embrace of death, He sang with his failing breath, "Ship ahoy!— Ship ahoy ...
Christian of the World is the second solo studio album by Tommy James and was released in 1971.It reached #131 on the Billboard 200. [2]Many of the songs were a more open exploration of the artist's Christian faith, something which he has said had informed a number of his earlier works, but with the religious elements more obscured to make them palatable for Top 40 radio.
When the world is tossing me, like a ship upon the sea, thou who rulest wind and water, stand by me. In the midst of tribulation, stand by me. In the midst of tribulation, stand by me. When the hosts of hell assail, and my strength begins to fail, thou who never lost a battle, stand by me. In the midst of faults and failures, stand by me.
The song was released to Christian radio in the United States on 30 August 2019, becoming Burn the Ships' third official single. [1] A radio-adapted version of the song was released in digital format on 27 September 2019. [8] On 4 October 2019, For King & Country released a remix of the song by R3hab. [9]
The lyrics and meter are remarkably similar to the first six stanzas of the Egyptian Great Hymn to the Aten [2] written around 1500 BC, which celebrates the rising sun. The lyrics include Biblical references, such as the drowning of Pharaoh and his people in the Red Sea and the defeat of Goliath. Some of the lyrics are said to have been ...
It narrates the departure of a ship from a harbor that never come back, with a mother and the captain's wife lamenting the loss of their loved ones who were on board. The song is best known nowadays for melodically inspiring later country tunes—most notably, the 1903 ballad " Wreck of the Old 97 ", which would become first million-selling ...
The song was performed by Carelle Mangaliag and Jeff Arcilla [2] and was later interpreted by Jamie Rivera. [3] The song's inspiration was taken from the World Youth Day's theme "As the Father has sent me so I send you" . [1] It also became the concluding song for the Papal Mass of Pope John Paul II on the final day of the event. [2]