Fields Of Athenrye

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young girl calling

Michael they are taking you away

For you stole Travalien's corn

So the young might see the morn

Now the prison ship lyes waiting in the bay

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Low Lye the fields of Athenrye

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 athenrye

By a loneley prison wall

I heard a young man calling

Nothing matters Mary when you're free

Against the famine and the crown

I rebelled, they ran me down

Now you must raise our child with dignity

Chorus

By a lonely harbor wall

She watched the last star falling

As the prison ship sailed out against the sky

But she'll wait and hope and pray

For her love in botany bay

But it's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye

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