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



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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 ran me down

Now you must raise our child with dignity



By a lonely harbor wall

She watched the last star falling

As that prison ship sailed out against the sky

Sure she'll wait and hope and pray

For her love in Botany Bay

It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.