By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
"Michael they are taking you away

For you stole Travellyn´s corn
so that the young might see the morn´
Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay"


[Chorus]:
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"

[Chorus]


By a lonely harbour wall
she watched the last star falling

While the prison ship
sailed out against the sky
Sure she wait and hope and pray

for her love in Botany Bay
It´s so lonely round the fields of Athenry


[Chorus x2]