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By a lonely prison wall |
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I heard a young girl calling |
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Micheal they are taking you away |
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For you stole Trevelyn's corn |
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So the young might see the morn. |
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Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay. |
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Low lie the Fields of Athenry |
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Where once we watched the small free birds fly. |
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Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing |
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It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry. |
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By a lonely prison wall |
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I heard a young man calling |
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Nothing matter Mary when your free, |
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Against the Famine and the Crown |
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I rebelled they ran me down |
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Now you must raise our child with dignity. |
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Low lie the Fields of Athenry |
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Where once we watched the small free birds fly. |
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Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing |
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It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry. |
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By a lonely harbor wall |
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She watched the last star falling |
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As that prison ship sailed out against the sky |
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Sure she'll wait and hope and pray |
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For her love in Botany Bay |
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It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry. |
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Low lie the Fields of Athenry |
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Where once we watched the small free birds fly. |
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Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing |
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It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry. |