Grace O'Malley was her name From home she'd often stray And a terror she became To all who crossed her way Fearless and brave Her spirit never swayed The legend of the pirate queen of Galway Bay The story it is told While not yet very old Her fate she would refuse To go and chase her muse The queen of all her kind oh' the fairest o' her breed To man nor god no she would not heed Hey ho, Grace so fair (Hey ho) Hey ho, Grace so fine The men with whom she sailed Have never to this day Seen her courage and beauty And pride all the same From an Island west of Clare She'd sail and make them pay The legend of the pirate queen of Galway Bay Neither then nor today Is it safe for us to say That a lady such as she Could ever come to be From her fate as a flower in a field of men No rules, no roles, no she would not bend Hey ho, Grace so fair (Hey ho) Hey ho, Grace so fine Hey ho, Grace so fair (Hey ho) Hey ho, Grace so fine Hey ho, Grace so fair (Hey ho) Hey ho, Grace so fine