;The Fields of Athenry
;Pete St. John
 
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 By the lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
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 Michael they have taken you away
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 For you stole Trevelins corn so the young might see the morn
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 A prison ship lies waiting in the bay
 
 
[chorus] 
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 Low lie the fields of Athenry 
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 Where once we watched the small free birds fly
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 Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing
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 Its so lonely round the fields of Athenry
 
 
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 By the lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
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 Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
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 Against the famine and the Crown, I rebelled, they cut me down
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 Now you must raise our child with dignity
 
 
[repeat chorus]
 
 
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 By the lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star fall
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 As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
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 For she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
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 It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
 
[repeat chorus x 2]