• Song:

    The Fields Of Athenry

  • Artist:

    Paddy Reilly

  • Album:

    The Best Of Paddy Reill...

B5 E5

     E5
By a lonely prison wall
  A5                  E5   B5
I heard a young girl calling
E5                A5           B5
Micheal they are taking you away
        E5                A5
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
       E5                   B5
So the young might see the morn. 
                                      E5   A5 E5
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay. 

E5   A5       E5              C#5
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
      E5                   C#5              B5
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
    E5               A5           E5                   B5
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
                                         E5  A5 E5
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry. 

     E5
By a lonely prison wall
  A5                 E5   B5
I heard a young man calling
E5              A5              B5
Nothing matter Mary when your free,
            E5              A5
Against the Famine and the Crown
    E5                  B5
I rebelled they cut me down 
                                       E5  A5 E5
Now you must raise our child with dignity. 

E5   A5       E5              C#5
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
      E5                   C#5              B5
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
    E5               A5           E5                   B5
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
                                         E5  A5 E5
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry. 

     E5
By a lonely harbor wall
    A5                     E5   B5
She watched the last star falling
E5                   A5                      B5
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
            E5                 A5
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
        E5              B5
For her love in Botany Bay 
                                         E5  A5 E5
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry. 

E5   A5       E5              C#5
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
      E5                   C#5              B5
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
    E5               A5           E5                   B5
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
                                         E5  A5 E5
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry. 

* Alternate:

Capo II
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