Fields Of Athenry

Verse-1 C C__F C__G__G7 By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling C F G__G7 Michael they are taking you away C F C G For you stole trevalians corn, that the young might see the morn G G7 C-F-C Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay ------------------------------------------------------ C__F__C Am Low lie the Fields of Athenry C Am G__G7 Where once we watched the small free bird fly C F C G Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing G G7 C-F-C Now it's lonely round the Fields of Athenry ------------------------------------------------------ Verse-2 C C__F C__G__G7 By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling C F G__G7 Nothing matters Mary when you're free C F__C G Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they ran me down G G7 C-F-C Now you must raise our child with dignity ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Verse-3 C C__F C__G__G7 By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling C F G__G7 As the prison ship sailed out against the sky C F C G But she'll wait and hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay G G7 C-F-C It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry ------------------------------------------------------