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Fields of Athenry
Pete St. John
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
"Michael, they have taking you away
For you stole Trevalyn's corn
So the young might see the morn
Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay"
Chorus
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
(ooh baby let the free birds fly)
Our love was on the wing
(Sinn Féin)
We had dreams and songs to sing
(The I.R.A.)
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters Mary if we're free
Against the famine, fuck yer crown
I rebeled, they took me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity
Chorus
By a lonely harbour wall
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
There she lives, she hopes and she prays
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely, 'round the Fields of Athenry