The Fields of Athenry

By lonely prison walls

I heard a young girl calling

"Michael, they are taking you away

For you stole Trevelyan's corn

So that our 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

Now it's lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

By lonely prison walls

I heard a young man calling

"Nothing matters, Mary, if you're free

Against the famine and the crown

I rebelled, they struck me down

Now 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

Now it's lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

By lonely harbour walls

She watched the last star a-falling

As the prison ship stood out across the bay

Though she'll dream 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 birds fly

Our love was on the wing

We had dreams and songs to sing

Now it's lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry