Verse 1
 
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By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young girl cal-ling
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Micheal they have taken you away
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For you stole trevelins corn so the young might see the morn
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A prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Chorus 
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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 the wing 
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We had dreams and songs to sing
D                        Dsus      G
and so lonely  round the fields of athenry

Verse 2
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By the lonely prison wall, i heard a young man cal-ling
G               C              D
Nothing matters mary when your free
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against the famine and the crown, i rebelled they cut me down
D                                  G
now you must  raise our child with dignity

Chorus

Verse 3
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By the lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fa-lling
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as the prison ship sailed out against the sky
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for she lived to hope and pray for her love in botany bay
                                       G
and it's so lonely round the fields of athenry

Chorus x 2