The Fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl
callin' Michael they have taken you away For you stole Trevelyn's corn So the young might see the morn Now a prison
ship lies waiting in the bay
Chorus:
Low lie the fields of Athenry Where once
we watched the small free bird fly Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing It's so lonely round
the fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall I heard a young
man calling Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free Against the famine and the Crown I rebelled they cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity By
a lonely harbour wall she watched the last star falling As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she'll live in hope and pray For
her love in Botany Bay It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
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