The Fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall,
 I heard a young girl calling:
 "Michael they have taken you away,
 For you stole Trevelyn'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 it's lonely round the fields of Athenry
 By a lonely harbour wall
 She watched the last star falling
 As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
 Sure she lived in hope and prayed
 For her love in Bot'ny Bay
 Its so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry