The Fields of Athenry
Pete St. John

       D                     G                  D   A    
By the lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
D                 G           A
Michael they have taken you away
        D               G           D                   A
For you stole Trevelins corn so the young might see the morn
   A                              D  
A prison ship lies waiting in the bay


[chorus] 
D   G        D             Bm          
Low lie the fields of Athenry 
      D                   Bm               A  
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
    D               G            D                   A
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing
A                                       D
Its so lonely round the fields of Athenry


       D                     G                 D   A
By the lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
D                G                 A
Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
            D              G           D                  A
Against the famine and the Crown, I rebelled, they cut me down
    A                                  D
Now you must raise our child with dignity


[repeat chorus]


       D                        G                     D  A
By the lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star fall
       D                  G               A
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
        D                 G            D              A
For she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
        A                                D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

[repeat chorus x 2]