Fields Of Athenry Lyrics

Fields Of Athenry lyrics

By a lonely prison wall,

I heard a young girl call:

"Michael, they
have taken you away,

For you stole Trevelyn's 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 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 call

"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 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 harbor wall,

She watched the last star fall

As the prison ship sailed out against
the sky

For she lived to 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

It's so
lonely round the fields of Athenry.