NOT to be sung to the tune of 'She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain'
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
"Micheal they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."
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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
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."
Chorus
By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky.
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray,
For her love in Botany Bay.
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
Chorus
