The song refers to the insignia usually put on the smokestacks, or funnels, on merchant ship. The Royal British Merchant Marine has no insignia and were therefore referred to as the Grey Funnel Line.
Words changed slightly to refer to sailing ships rather than steam ships. An anachronism, to be sure, but this song is sung at Renn Faires a lot, so, nyah.
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