REGINA MENDOSENA
I’m Regina Mendosena, queen of all of Shanty Town;
Just behold me in me sport dress with me stockings hanging down;
Just behold me with me sceptre, Mither Grady’s washing stick,
A sunflower for a coronet—me foot upon a brick.
I’m Regina Mendosena, and I’m Irish if you please,
Me mither was an actress and me faither sailed the seas;
And for culture and for travel, it was hard to beat the pair—
I’m Regina Mendosena and ’tis me that is their heir.