verse 1
G Gmaj7 Em
By a lonely prison wall,
C G D
I heard a young girl calling:
G C D
"Michael, they have taken you away,
G C
For you stole Trevelyn's corn,
G D
So the young might see the morn,
D G C G
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."
G C G Gmaj7 Em
Low lie the fields of Athenrye,
G D
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
G C
Our love was on the wing,
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing,
D C G
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye.
verse 2
G Gmaj7 Em
By a lonely prison wall,
C G D
I heard a young man calling:
G C D
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free,
G C
Against the famine and the crown,
G D
I rebelled, they cut me down,
D C G
Now you must raise our child with dignity."
G C G Gmaj7 Em
Low lie the fields of Athenrye,
G D
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
G C
Our love was on the wing,
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing,
D C G
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye.
verse 3
G Gmaj7 Em
By a lonely harbour wall,
C G D
She watched the last star falling.
G C D
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky.
G C
For she lives in hope and prays,
G D
For her love in Botany Bay,
D C D
It's so lonely, 'round the fields of Athenrye.
G C G Gmaj7 Em
Low lie the fields of Athenrye,
G D
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
G C
Our love was on the wing,
G D
We had dreams and songs to sing,
D C G
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye.