Paddy Schmidt - THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY lyrics

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" 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" 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 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