The Fields Of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young girl calling

Michael, are they taking you away?

For you stole Trevelyn's corn

So your young might see the morn

Now the prison ship is waiting at the bay

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, if you're free

Against the famine and the crown

I rebelled, they put me down

Now you must raise our child with dignity

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 harbor wall

She watched the last star falling

As the prison ship set out against the sky

But she'll wait, she'll hope and she'll pray

For her love in Botany Bay

It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry

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

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

Now it's lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry