By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl call-ing

Michael they are taking you a-way____

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 Athen-ry

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 Athen-ry____

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By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man call-ing

Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free____

Against the Famine and the Crown, I re-belled, they ran me down

Now you must raise our child with digni-ty____



By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star fall-ing

As the 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 Athen-ry