The Fields of Athenrey
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In a lonely prison cell
I heard a young girl calling
"Michael, they have taken you away
For you stole two valance 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 a wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
She heard the young man calling
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
Against the famine and the crown
I rebelled, they caught 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 a wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
By a lonely harbour wall
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lives in 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 a wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry