Dubliners - Fields Of Athenry

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by a lonely prison wall i heard a young girl calling ,
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michael , they have taken you away .
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for you stole trevelyan’s corn , so the young might see the morn ,
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now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay .

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low lie the fields of athenry ,
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where once we watched small free birds fly .
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our love was on the wing , we had dreams and songs to sing ,
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it’s so lonely around the fields of athenry .

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by a lonely prison wall i heard a young man calling ,
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mary , nothing matters when you’re free ,
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against the famine and the crown i rebelled , they ran me down ,
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please say that you will watch and wait for me .

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by a lonely harbour wall she watched the last star falling ,
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as the prison ship sailed out against the sky .
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sure she’ll live and hope and pray for her love in botany bay ,
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it’s so lonely round the fields of athenry .