The fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl call-ing, Michael they are takin' you away, For you stole Trevelyan'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 call-ing, Nothing matters Mary when you're free, Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled they put me down, Now you must raise our child with dignity. (Refrain) By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star fall-ing, As the prison ship sailed out against the sky, For she waits and hopes and prays, for her love in Botany bay, It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry. (Refrain)