DROPKICK MURPHYS - Fields of Athenry - Live in Boston + Lyrics

Live on Lansdowne - BOSTON By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling Michael, they have taken you away, For you stole Trevelyan’s corn, So the young might see the morn. Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay. 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. 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, they cut me down. Now you must raise our child with dignity. 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. By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star falling As that prison ship sailed out against the sky Sure she’ll
Back to Top