The Fields Of Athenry - Garry Heaney
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
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 around the fields of Athenry
By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
She lives in hope and prays
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely around 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 dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely around the fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
That 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
So lonely around 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 around the fields of Athenry
It's so lonely around the fields of Athenry
