By the lonely
garden wall
I heard a young
girl calling
Michael, they are
sending you away
For you stole
Trevelyn'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
She heard her
Michael 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
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 that prison ship
sailed out
against the sky
But she'll 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
So lonely
'round the
fields of Athenry
