The Fields Of Athenry

| A | A | D | D | D G D A By a 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 Trevelyan's corn so the young might see the morn' A D Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay D G D Bm Low lie the fields of Athenry D A where once we watched the small free birds fly D G Our love was on the wing D A We had dreams and songs to sing A A7 D It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry D G D A By a 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 D G D Bm Low lie the fields of Athenry D A where once we watched the small free birds fly D G Our love was on the wing D A We had dreams and songs to sing A A7 D It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry D G D A By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling D G A As the prison ship sailed out against the sky D G D A For she'd live in hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay A D It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry D G D Bm Low lie the fields of Athenry D A where once we watched the small free birds fly D G Our love was on the wing D A We had dreams and songs to sing A A7 D It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry D G D Bm Low lie the fields of Athenry D A where once we watched the small free birds fly D G Our love was on the wing D A We had dreams and songs to sing A A7 D G D It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry