Fields Of Athenry

Dubliners

C

F

C

G

By the lonely prison wall, I

heard a young girl

cal-

ling

C

F

G

Micheal they have

taken you

away

C

F

C

G

For you stole Trevelins

corn so the

young might see the

morn

G

C

Now a prison ship lies waiting in the

bay.

Chorus

C

F

C

Am

Low

Lie

The fields of

Athenry

C

G

Where once we watched the small fre

e birds fly

C

F

Our love was on the

wing

C

G

We had dreams and songs to

sing

G

Gsus

C

It's so lonely round the

fields of

Athenry.

Verse 2

C

F

C

G

By the lonely prison wall, I

heard a young man

cal-

ling

C

F

G

Nothing matters

Mary when your

free

C

F

C

G

Against the famine and the

Crown, I

Rebelled they cut me

down

G

C

Now you must raise our child with

dignity.

Chorus

Verse 3

C

F

C

G

By the lonely harbor wall,

she watched the last star

fal-

ling

C

F

G

As the prison ship

sailed out against the

sky

C

F

C

G

Where she lived to hope and

pray

for her love in

Botany bay

C

It's so lonely round the fields of

Athenry.

Chorus X2.