The Fields of Athenry

Fields of Athenry

By lonely prison wall

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 shot me down

You must raise our child with dignity"

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 harbour wall

She watched the last star falling

As the prison ship sailed out against the sky

For she'll hope and love and 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 birds 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 birds fly

Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing

It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry