- 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.
- Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."
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- CHORUS
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- 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.
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- 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."
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- CHORUS
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- By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fall
- As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
- Sure she'll wait and hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
- It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
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- CHORUS
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