Shipping As It Was

Shipping as it was He had many ships the old ship owner He liked to visit his vessels eat the onboard cuisine Talk to the crew he knew their names Listened to them and their problems Seamen stayed onboard long on his ship some Tor years they knew nothing of life ashore And when the ship was in harbour only ventured to The nearest bar one can say they had become Shipionalised He died the old man and the expert shipping people Took charge, reduced the crew number no benefits Finally hired crew from Asia and flagging out to Avoid paying taxes. Shipping as we knew it had come to an end, sad But nothing lasts forever but it galls me to think Fifty thousand seafarers lost their job and It didn't make a headline in any newspaper