The Fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young girl calling

'Michael, they are taking you away

For you stole travelyns 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 freebirds 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

Low lie the fields of Athenry

Where once we watched the small freebirds 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

As she watched the last star falling

As the prison ship said out against the sky

For she lived in hope and prayed

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 freebirds fly

Our love was on the wing

We had dreams and songs to sing

It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

thanks for listening