By a lonely prison walls, I heard a young girl calling "Michael, they have taken you away For you stole Trevelyan's corn So 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 By a lonely prison walls, 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 walls, she watched the last star falling As the prison ship sailed out against the sky And she'll live in 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 It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry