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By a lonely prison wall |
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I heard a young girl calling: |
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\"Michael they've taken 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 the prison ship lies waiting in the bay\" |
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Refrain: |
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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 |
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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 matters Mary when you're free |
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Against the famine and the crown |
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I rebelled they cut me down |
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Now you must raise our child with dignity\" |
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Refrain |
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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 lonely'round the Fields Of Athenry |
