Ira! - The Fields Of Athenry lyrics

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By a lonely prison wall, <br />

i heard a young girl calling <br />

Michael they have taken you away, <br />

for you stole trevelyn corn <br />

so the young might see the morn, <br />

now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay <br />

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CHORUS <br />

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry <br />

where once we watched the small free birds fly <br />

Our love was on the wing <br />

we had dreams and songs to sing, <br />

its so lonely round the Fields of Athenry <br />

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By a lonley prison wall <br />

I heard a young man calling <br />

'Nothing matters Mary, when you're free' <br />

Against the famine and the crown, <br />

i rebelled, they cut me down <br />

Now you must raise our child with dignaty<br />

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CHORUS <br />

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By a lonley harbour wall <br />

she watched the last star falling <br />

as the prison ship sailed out against the sky <br />

Sure she'' live in hope and pray <br />

For her love in Botney Bay <br />

Its so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry<br />

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CHORUS