Seanchai - Fields Of Athenrye lyrics

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By the lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling, <br />

"Michael, they are taking you away.<br />

For you stole Trevalian's corn, so the young might see the morn<br />

Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay."<br />

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CHORUS: <br />

Low lie the Fields of Athenrye,<br />

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

Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing.<br />

It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenrye.<br />

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By the lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling, <br />

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

Against the famine and the crown, I rebeled, they shut me down,<br />

Now you must raise our child in dignity."<br />

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CHORUS<br />

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By the lonely harbour walls, she watched the last star falling.<br />

As the prison ship sailed out against the sky.<br />

But she'll wait and hope and pray,<br />

For her love in Botany Bay,<br />

It's so lonely, 'round the Fields of Athenrye.<br />

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CHORUS<br />

It's so lonely round the fields of Athenrye