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."
Chorus:
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."
By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star
falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely round the fields of
Athenry.