The Fields Of Athenry Lyrics - John Mcdermott

By a lonely prison wall 

I heard a young girl calling, 

'michael, they are taking you away. 

For you stole travelyns corn, 

So the 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 freebirds fly. 

Our love was on the wing, 

We had dreams and songs to sing 

It's so lonely rond 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.' 

Chorus 

By a lonely harbour wall, 

As she watched the last star falling 

As the prison ship said out against the sky 

For she lived in hope and prayed, 

For her love in botany bay 

It's so lonely round the fields of athenry 

Chorus 

It's so lonely round the fields of athenry