Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

1]

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling

Michael they are taking you away

For you stole trevalians corn, 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 bird fly

Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing

Now it's lonely round the Fields of Athenry

Verse

2]

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

Verse

3]

By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling

As the prison ship sailed out against the sky

But she'll wait and hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay

It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

Chorus