[Verse]
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling,
"Michael, they are taking you away,
For you stole Trevelyan's corn,
So the young might see the morn,
Now the prison ship lies waiting in the bay."

[Chorus]
Low lie the fields of Athenry,
Where once we watched the small free birds fly,
Our love was on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

[Verse]
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling,
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free,
Against the famine and the Crown,
I rebelled, ran cut me down,
Now you must raise our child with dignity."

[Chorus]
Low lie the fields of Athenry,
Where once we watched the small free birds fly,
Our love was on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

[Verse]
By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling,
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky,
But she'll wait in hope and pray,
For her love in Botany Bay,
But it's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

[Chorus]
Low lie the fields of Athenry,
Where once we watched the small free birds fly,
Our love was on the wing,
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry,
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.