FIELDS OF ATHENRY

By a 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

REFRAIN:

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 ran me down

Now raise our child with dignity

REFRAIN 

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 that prison ship sailed out against the sky

Sure she'll wait and hope and pray

For her love in Botany Bay

It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry 

 

REFRAIN:

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