By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
'Michael, they are taking you away
For you stole travelyns 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 freebirds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely rond 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.'

Chorus

By a lonely harbour wall
As she watched the last star falling
As the prison ship said out against the sky
For she lived in hope and prayed
For her love in botany bay
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
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It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry