By a lonely prison wall    I heard a young girl calling    "Michael they are taking you away    For you stole Travellyn´s corn    so that the young might see the morn´    Now the 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          By a lonely prison wall    I heard a young man calling    "Nothing matters, Mary,    when you´re free    Against the famine and the Crown    I rebelled, they ran 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    While the prison ship    sailed out against the sky    Sure she wait and hope and 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    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    Our love was on the wing    we had dreams and songs to sing    It´s so lonely ´round the fields of Athenry