Fields of Athenry / Connaughtman's Rambles

By a lonely prison wall
I've heard a young woman call
"Michael, they are taking you away"

"For you stole Trevelyan's corn
So your babe could see the morn'
Now a prison ship lies anchored in the bay"

Fair 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
Now it's 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"

Fair 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
Now it's lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

By a windswept harbour wall
She watched the last star fall
A prison ship's silhouette against the sky

All she can do is hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
And weep 'round the fields of Athenry

Fair 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
Now it's lonely 'round the fields of-

Fair 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
Now it's lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

Now it's lonely 'round the fields of Athenry