Can't help you Mick, I don't actually know the song, I just have the words as in "Irish Ballads and Songs of the Sea" by James N. Healy, Mercier Press, 1967. A biog of GOM "Granuaile: the Life and Times of Grace O'Malley c.1530-1603" by Anne Chambers was published by Wolfhound Press (+Irish American Book Company), 1998. It gives the words of 9 poems and songs on GOM tho not McCall's.

I did John Moulden a disservice on my previous post: he named the "Henry Joy McCracken" source as the "Shan Van Vocht" magazine, tho he didn't know the issue number. The mag only ran from Jan 1896 to Apr 1899, so shouldn't be too hard to find. If John doesn't come back, I'll try to remember to check it in the Linen Hall Library next time I'm in Belfaast!

All the best to you too,BT.