By a lonely harbour wall I heard a young girl calling

“Michael they have taken you away

for you stole Trevellian’s corn, so that our young might see the morn

now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay.”

CHORUS:  low lies the fields of Athenry

               where once we watched the small freebird sing

               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 I heard a young man calling

“Nothing matters Mary when you’re free

against the famine and the crown

I rose up, they cut me down

now you must raise our child with dignity.”

CHORUS

By a lonely harbour wall she’ll watch the last star falling

as the prison ship sails out against the sky

and all alone she’ll hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay

it’s so lonely ’round the fields of Athenry

CHORUS (TWICE)