By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young girl calling:
"Michael, they are taking you away;
For you stole Trevelyan's corn
So 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 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 cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity."

CHORUS

By a lonely harbor 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,
But it's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry.

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