The Fields Of Athenry

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By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young girl calling

Michael they have taken ye away

For you stole travelian's corn

So the young might see the mourn

Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Low lie the fields of Athenry

Where once we watch the small freebirds fly

Our love was on the wing

We had dreams and songs to sing

It so lonely round the fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young man calling

Nothing matters Mary when your free

Against the famine and the crown

I rebelled they ran me down

Now you must raise our child with dignaty

By a lonely harbour wall

She watched the last star falling

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 Athenry 

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