Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

1]

 By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling

Michael they are taking you away

 For you stole trevalians corn, that the young might see the morn

 Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Chorus

Low lie the Fields of Athenry

 Where once we watched the small free bird fly

 Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing

 Now it's lonely round the Fields of Athenry

Verse

2]

 By a lonely prison wall, 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

Verse

3]

 By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling

 As the prison ship sailed out against the sky

 But she'll wait and hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay

 It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

Chorus