The Fields of Athenry

A LAMENT

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young girl ca-a-a-a-all

Michael, they have taken you away

For you stole Trevelyns corn

So our 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 round the fields of Athenry

By lonely prison wall
I heard a young man ca-a-a-a-all
Nothing matters Mary when your free
Against the famine and the Crown
I rebelled they cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity

CHORUS

By a lonely harbour wall
She watched the last star fa-a -a -a-all
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lived to hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
Its so lonely round the fields of Athenry

CHORUS TO END