The Fields of Athenry Songtext
von Paddy Reilly

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
"Michael, they have taken you away
For you stole Trevelyan′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 you must raise our child with dignity"

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 harbour wall, she watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she live and hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry


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