The Fields of Athenry
By Pete St. John - This one is just plain pretty, though sad. I have heard AmberHawke perform this.  It is from the era when "criminals" were sent to another country like Australia...

C                                             F                          C    G
By the lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling,
   C                              F               G      G7
“Michael, they are taking you away,
                  C                        F
For you stole Trevelyn’s corn                                       Trevelyn's = Trevellen's
                C                               G
So the young might see the morn,
                G7                                          C
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.”

Chorus:
   C   F          C                Am
Low lie the fields of Athenry
                C                                                          G    G7
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
          C                        F
Our love was on the wing,
                   C                                G
We had dreams and songs to sing,
            G7                                             C
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

 C                                          F                            C    G
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling,
   C                            F                            G      G7
“Nothing matters, Mary, when you’re free.
                   C                         F
 Against famine and the Crown,
         C                                G
I rebelled.  They ran me down.
           G7                                                C
Now you must raise our child with dignity.    Chorus

 C                                                F                                C    G
By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling,
                  C                            F                       G      G7
And that prison ship sailed out against the sky.
                     C                               F
Sure she’ll wait and hope and pray
                C                      G
For her love in Botany Bay
             G7                                           C
It’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
 

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