The Fields of Athenrye
traditional
G
By lonely prison walls,
C G D
I heard a young girl calling,
G C D
"Michael, they are taking you away.
G C
For you stole Treveleyn's corn,
G D
So the young might see the morn.
G
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."
CHORUS:
G C G
Low lie the fields of Athenrye,
G C D
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
G C
Our love was on the wing,
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing.
G
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenrye.
By lonely castle walls
I heard a young man calling,
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free.
Against the famine and the crown
I rebelled, they struck me down.
Now you must raise our child in dignity."
(CHORUS)
By lonely prison walls,
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky.
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye.
(CHORUS)