All of them noted for learning and piety.
Some even boast some degree of sobriety!
And you Father Des head the list of them all.
What would we do without your authority?
Where would we be without you at the helm you see?
Helpless as so many rudderless ships at sea,
Graceless as Lucifer after the fall!
Here's a health to you Dear Father C!
Pray for us sinners so that we may be
Cleansed and expunged of all iniquitee!
And always at your beck and call!
(With apologies to the composer of Father O' Flynn)