D
By a lonely prison wall,
G
D
A
I heard a young girl calling
D
G
A
Michael they have taken you away,
D
G
For you stole Trevelyan’s corn
D
A
So the young might see the morn,
D
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
D
G
D
Low lie, The Fields of Athenry
A
where once we watched the small free birds fly
D
G
Our love was on the wing
D
A
we had dreams and songs to sing,
D
It’s so lonely round the Fields of Athenry.
D
By a lonely prison wall
G
D
A
I heard a young man calling
D
G
A
Nothing matters Mary, when you’re free’
D
G
Against the famine and the crown,
D
A
I rebelled, they cut me down
D
Now you must raise our child with dignity.
D
G
D
Low lie, The Fields of Athenry
A
where once we watched the small free birds fly
D
G
Our love was on the wing
D
A
we had dreams and songs to sing,
D
It’s so lonely round the Fields of Athenry.
D
By a lonely harbour wall
G
D
A
She watched the last star falling
D
G
A
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
D
G
For she lived in hope and pray
D
A
For her love in Botany Bay
D
It’s so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry.
D
G
D
Low lie, The Fields of Athenry
A
where once we watched the small free birds fly
D
G
Our love was on the wing
D
A
we had dreams and songs to sing,
D
It’s so lonely round the Fields of Athenry.