This is the poem from Sea Songs & Ballads 1917-22 C.Fox Smith.

MERCHANTMEN

All honour to merchantmen & ships of all degree
In warlike dangers manifold who sail & keep the sea
In peril of unlitten coast & death-besprinkled foam
Who daily dare a hundred deaths to bring their cargoes home

A liner out of Liverpool, a tanker from the Clyde
A hard-run tramp from anywhere, a tug from Merseyside
A cattle-boat from Birkenhead, a coaler from the Tyne
All honour to the merchantmen while any star shall shine

All honour to the merchantmen & ships both great & small
The swift & strong to run their race & smite their foes withall
The little ships that sink or swim & pay the pirate's toll
Unarmoured save by valiant hearts & stong in nought but soul

All honour to the merchantmen so long as tides shall run
Who gave the seas their glorious dead from rise to set of sun
All honour be to the merchantmen while Englan'd name shall stand
Who sailed & fought & dared & died & served & saved their land

A liner out of Liverpool, a tanker from the Clyde
A hard-run tramp from anywhere, a tug from Merseyside
A cattle-boat from Birkenhead, a coaler from the Tyne
All honour to the merchantmen while any star shall shine