By a 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 dawn
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
Shall she wait,
she'll hope and pray For her love in Bartony Bay
It's so lonely round 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