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    THE MEN OF THE MERCHANT SHIPS

    Lift your glasses high my boys,
    To the men of the merchant ships,
    They kept you all from starving,
    While they made ten thousand trips.

    To the military go the accolades,
    Aye their glories set in song,
    While forgotten sleep the merchantmen,
    To the sea their laughter gone.

    Aye lift your glasses high again,
    To Jimmy, Taffy and Bob,
    Who sailed the freighters and tankers too,
    So close to the touch of God.

    Who recalls the searing cold,
    The exploding merchant ships,
    Shipmates bob in Arctic seas,
    Loved ones names on frozen lips.

    Aye lift your glasses high my boys,
    To the lost of the merchant ships,
    For still they walk the pitching decks,
    Where seas run high and the wild wind rips.

    Ian A. Millar

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    Very moving Ian, thank you.
    When one door closes another one shuts, it must be the wind

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    Another, great MN poem.

    All thanks to our site bard Ian.

    Regards, Keith.

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