The Fields of Athenry Songtext
von Johnny Logan

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Michael are they taking you away?
For you stole Trevelyn′s corn
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship is waiting in the bay

Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
(Come on baby let the free birds fly)
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely ′round the Fields of Athenry.

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters Mary if you're free,
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled they put me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.


Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
(Come on baby let the free birds fly)
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely ′round the Fields of Athenry.

By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
But she′ll wait, she'll hope and she′ll pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely ′round the Fields of Athenry.

Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
(Come on baby let the free birds fly)
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely ′round the Fields of Athenry.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
(Come on baby let the free birds fly)
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
It′s lonely ′round the Fields of Athenry.