Fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young girl calling

"Michael, Michael, Michael

They have taken you away

For your soul's rebellion's cause

So young like Sinead O'Connor

Now the prison ship lies waiting in 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

"Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary

Nothing matters Mary when you're free

It's the famine and the crown

I rebelled they cut 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 harbour wall

She watched the last star falling

The prison ship sailed out against the sky

She must live and hope 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 bird fly

Our love was on the wing

We had dreams and songs to sing

It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry