Fields Of Athenry Lyrics
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl call-ing<br />
Michael they are taking you a-way____<br />
For you stole Trevelyn's corn, so the young might see the morn<br />
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay____<br />
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Low lie the fields of Athen-ry<br />
Where once we watched the small free birds fly____<br />
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing<br />
It's so lonely round the fields of Athen-ry____<br />
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By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man call-ing<br />
Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free____<br />
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Against the Famine and the Crown, I re-belled, they ran me down<br />
Now you must raise our child with digni-ty____<br />
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By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star fall-ing<br />
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky____<br />
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay<br />
It's so lonely round the fields of Athen-ry
