| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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