The Fields of Athenry

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W:By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling,
W:Michael they are taking you away,
W:For you stole Trevelyan's corn, so the young might see the morn,
W:Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
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W:Low lie the fields of Athenry, where once we watched the small free birds fly,
W:Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing,
W:It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
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W:By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling,
W:Nothing matters Mary when your free,
W:Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they ran me down,
W:Now you must raise our child with dignity.
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W:Chorus
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W:By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling,
W:As the prison ship sailed out against the sky,
W:For she lives in hope and prays for her love in Botany Bay,
W:It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
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W:Chorus