The Fields Of Athenry

I heard a young girl calling Michael they have taken you away, For you stole Trevelyan's corn So the young might see the morn, Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay Low lie, The Fields of Athenry Where once we watched the small free birds 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 the prison ship sailed out against the sky For she lived in hope and pray For her love in Botany Bay It's so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry