By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
"Micheal they have taking 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 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.
By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lives to 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.
