And as I took my first step on the wooden deck,
My father stood on my right side, my mother on my left.
And with the salt sea spinning underneath the breeze
I heard a mermaid's crying from the Spanish seas
And I sailed the ships down to Galway, full of English gold,
For my galley's the fasted in Ireland, and my men are bold.
And I shall grant you safe passage in these troubled days,
But as sure as my name is O'Malley, there's a price to pay.
And as I took my next step through this troubled life
And fate went and made me a mother and a love wife
But husbands are fickle and cruel when you let them leave
So I showfully drew my own dagger, and I stuck it in.
And as I took my third step and I held my breath,
And the queen held me captive in Ireland, facing certain death.
And she said to me, "Look in the mirror at the face you see,
You may stand here before me a prisoner, but you may not live."
My father stood on my right side, my mother on my left.
And with the salt sea spinning underneath the breeze
I heard a mermaid's crying from the Spanish seas
And I sailed the ships down to Galway, full of English gold,
For my galley's the fasted in Ireland, and my men are bold.
And I shall grant you safe passage in these troubled days,
But as sure as my name is O'Malley, there's a price to pay.
And as I took my next step through this troubled life
And fate went and made me a mother and a love wife
But husbands are fickle and cruel when you let them leave
So I showfully drew my own dagger, and I stuck it in.
And as I took my third step and I held my breath,
And the queen held me captive in Ireland, facing certain death.
And she said to me, "Look in the mirror at the face you see,
You may stand here before me a prisoner, but you may not live."