"The Fields of Athenry" as performed by Jill Anderson
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By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
D G D A
"Michael, they are takin’ you away,
D G
For you stole Trevelyan's corn,
D A
So the young might see the morn.
A7 D
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."
G D
And low lie the fields of Athenry
A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G
Our love was on the wing
D A
We had dreams and songs to sing
A7 D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
D G D A
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
D G D A
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
D G
Against the famine and the crown,
D A
I rebelled, they ran me down.
A7 D
Now you must raise our child with dignity."
G D
And low lie the fields of Athenry
A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G
Our love was on the wing
D A
We had dreams and songs to sing
A7 D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
D G D A
By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star falling
D G D A
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
D G D A
But she’ll wait and hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
A7 D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
G D
And low lie the fields of Athenry
A
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
D G
Our love was on the wing
D A
We had dreams and songs to sing
A7 D
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
(Chorus x2)
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