By lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling.
Michael, they are taking you away.
For you stole Trevelyan's corn, so the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
By 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 lonely prison walls, I heard a young man calling.
Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free.
Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they brought me down.
Now you must raise our child with dignity.
By 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 lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star falling.
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky.
For she lived in hope and pray, for her love in bodily bay.
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
By 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 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.
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.