FIELDS OF ATHENRY

VERSE
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling.

"Michael, they have taken you away,
For you stole Trevellian's corn,
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay"

CHORUS

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
Its so lonely around the fields of Athenry

VERSE
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"

CHORUS

VERSE
By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling.

As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
Should she wait, and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
Its so lonely around the fields of Athenry.

CHORUS IS THEN SUNG AGAIN,THE LAST LINE TWICE.

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