By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl callin',
Michael, they have taken you away.
For you stole Travelian's corn,
so the young might see the 'morn,
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Chorus
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small freebirds fly.
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 prison wall
I heard a young man callin'
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
Against the famine and the crown,
I rebelled, they caught me down,
Now you must raise our child with dignity.

Chorus
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small freebirds fly.
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,
She watched the last star fallin'
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she'll live in hope and pray,
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry.

Chorus
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small freebirds fly.
Our love was on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry.