Fields of Athenry

Fields of Athenry - Pat Surface

Near 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

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 harbour wall

She watched the last star falling

As the prison ship sailed out across the sky

So she wait in hope and pray

For her love in Botany Bay

It's so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry

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

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