By a lonely wall, I a young girl calling Michael they have taken you away For you Trevelyan's corn So the young might see the morn, Now a prison ship lies in the bay
Chorus: Low lie the fields of Athenry Where once we the small free birds fly Our love was on the wing We had and songs to sing It's so round the fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall I heard a young man calling Nothing , Mary, when you're free Against the famine and the crown I rebelled, they cut me down Now you must our child with dignity
Chorus
By a lonely wall She watched the last star falling As the prison ship out against the sky For she lived in and pray For her love in Botany Bay It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
Chorus (2x)
