Fields Of Athenry

Through lonely prison walls

I heard a young man calling:

Michael, they are taking you away

For you stole Travelyen'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

Through lonely prison walls

I heard a young girl 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 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

Through lonely harbour walls

she watched the last star falling

as the prison ship sailed out against the sky

For she'll live 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

It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry