Fields Of Athenry Lyrics - Blackout - Dropkick Murphys

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

Michael, they have taken 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 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 the prison ship sailed out against the sky 

So she'll wait and hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay 

It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry 

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