Elizabeth the Great
by Genevieve Johnson and The Chiefs

One morning down by the Cliffs of Moher
2 mighty ships lay flailing
flying the flag of the king of Spain
desperate voices wailing

Padre, del hijo y del espirito santo
dios, nos salve, salvenos*

One hundred seventy christian souls
we rescued from the waves
cursing the name of the heretic queen
and her pirate Drake

And how the fireships of Gravelines*
showed the folly of their king
and they swore that from the English shore
they heard the children singing

Regina Gloriana
and the ships did burn
Regina Gloriana
and the storm did blow
Regina Gloriana
and the children sang
Regina Gloriana

Boetius Clancy saw the San Estoban crew
With orders from Fitzwilliam he told us what to do
In the name of that old red hag, the foulest of her sex
we were to take them all to Cnoc an Chrocaire
and hang them by their necks

Regina Gloriana
hear the children sing
Regina Gloriana
while the corpses swing
Regina Gloriana
hear the children sing
Regina Gloriana
while the corpses swing

From Google translate:
*Father, son and holy spirit
god save us, save us

"...Queen Elizabeth was widely remembered in Ireland as the Cailleach or ‘Hag,’ and as ‘The Red Hag",
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... apter9.htm

* hmmmm...it has just occurred to me that that is a French or Flemish word, not English - so I have completely mispronounced it. Oh well.... I suspect my Spanish and Irish pronunciations are appalling too.