Fields of Athenry Songtext
von The Langer’s Ball

In a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl callin′
Michael, they have taken you away
For you stole Trevelyan's corn
That the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small 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

A lonely prison cell
I heard a young man callin'
Nothing matters, Mary, when you′re free
Against the famine and the crown
I rebelled but they dragged 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
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 harbour wall
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sails off against the sky
Sure, she′ll hope, she'll wait and she′ll pray
For her love's 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
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
When our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It′s so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

It′s so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry