The Fields Of Athenry Lyrics

The Fields Of Athenry lyrics

By a lonely prison wall  

 I heard a young girl calling 

 "Michael they are taking you away 

 For you stole Travellyn´s corn  

 so that the young might see the morn´ 

 Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay" 

  

 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 you must raise our child with dignity" 

  

 By a lonely harbour wall  

 she watched the last star falling 

 While the prison ship  

 sailed out against the sky 

 Sure she wait 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 

 It´s so lonely ´round the fields of Athenry