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 the mermaids crying from the Spanish seas ♪ And I'll sail pretty ships down to Galway Full of English gold For my galley's the fastest 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 no price to pay ♪ And as I took my next step through this troubled life ♪ And fate went and made me a mother, and a loving wife But husbands are fickle and cruel if you let them win So I showed pretty fate my old 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 sudden death And she said to me, "Look in the mirror at the things we've seen You may stand here before me a prisoner, but you may not wane