The Fields Of Athenry Lyrics - Paddy Reilly

By a lonely prison wall, 

I heard a young girl calling: 

"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 calling 

'Nothing matters Mary, when you're free' 

Against the famine and the crown, 

I rebelled, they cut me down 

Now it's lonely round the fields of Athenry 

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By a lonely harbour wall 

she watched the last star falling 

as the prison ship sailed out against the sky 

Sure she lived in hope and prayed 

For her love in Bot'ny Bay 

Its so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry 

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