BP Tankerman song

[John Arton]

All you ex. and serving B.P. guys,
elsewhere on this site some one has posted the Shell song (thread "Shanghied by Joe Shell".
Now I know B.P. had their own song starting off something like,
"Just got back from Abadan"
So come on guys can you finish it all off.
Sailed with a number of ex B.P. guys and after a few beers we often heard all the verses.
rgds
Capt. John Arton (ret'd)

[david mcintosh]

One i remember from the seventies started with the line "Das island in the sun" to the harry belafonte tune Cant rember the rest
Engineer (retired)

[Keith at Tregenna]

Will enquire via:

LINK: The Songs of the Merchant Navy

Fingers crossed: K.

[Evan Lewis]

Never did know all the words,Though ,the Tune was Music Music Music. Sung by Alma Cogan.

Went like this "I.m A British Tanker Man , just come back from Abadan , All I, want is Shafting(Loving) You ,and Music Music Music" etc,-??

Could be something like, "I'll go up the Gulf again ,work overtime and save. More days more dollars B.T.C. Mena to Wallsend will do
or even in to to Heysham. Put the insurance wire out. Be on the Train a litlle late. but Hennie, Dinna Fret!We'll Dance the Neet away, To Music ,Music Music.

With apologies to Alma Cogan.

In the intersts of accuracy. Again it could have been her Australian ,singer actress friend that recorded . the said Song.Name escapes me!

[Colin Meiklejohn]

The song starts off.... Take me back to Abadan, cos im a BP tanker man, Bye bye england sung to the tune of Bye Bye Blackbird. pity i cant remember the rest of it ...it has a few verses someone pick it up from here we may have a full song yet
cheers

[Keith at Tregenna]

While I look, would suggest you read this thread on site:

LINK: http://www.merchant-navy.net/forum/b...p-tankers.html

K.

[Lou Barron]

I have heard it being sung all i can rememberit was called Ive Got the Abadan Blues

[cappy]

im a british tankerman homeward bound from Abadan bye bye blackbird packed my bag andpacked my grip im not coming back next trip by by blackbird no one seems to care or understand me oh what hard luck stories they all hand me in south shields town she waits for me nickers down around her knee blackbird bye bye regards cappy

[John Cassels]

Or the Sulzer song , usually sung on the evening before pay off ;

Good bye ( name of ship ) ,
Good bye chieffy too,
Ever since we've been on here we've been f***ked around by you,
Your generators are a failure , your compressors are a farce ,
And as far as your Sulzer engine goes you can stick it up your a**e .

[robpage]

Obviously written by a man who had never sailed on H&W B&Ws , after them Sulzers were gorgeous