{"id":1466,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/fields-of-athenry"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"fields-of-athenry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/fields-of-athenry\/","title":{"rendered":"Fields of Athenry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By the lonely prison wall.<br \/>\n   I heard a young girl calling.<br \/>\n   Michael, they are taking you away, for you<br \/>\n   stole Trevelyn&#8217;s corn<br \/>\n   So the young might see the morn.<br \/>\n   Now a prisonship lies waiting in the bay.<\/p>\n<p>   (Chorus)<br \/>\n   Low lie, the Fields of Athenry, where<br \/>\n   once we watched the small free birds fly.<br \/>\n   Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing.<br \/>\n   It&#8217;s so lonely &#8217;round the fields of Athenry.<\/p>\n<p>   By a lonely prison wall<br \/>\n   I heard a young man calling.<br \/>\n   Nothing matters Mary when you&#8217;re free,<br \/>\n   Against the Famine and the Crown<br \/>\n   I rebelled, they ran me down.<br \/>\n   Now you must raise our child with dignity.<\/p>\n<p>   (Chorus repeat)<\/p>\n<p>   By a lonely harbour wall<br \/>\n   She watched the last star falling.<br \/>\n   And that prison ship sailed out against the sky.<br \/>\n   Sure she&#8217;ll wait and hope and pray,<br \/>\n   for her love in Botany Bay.<br \/>\n   It&#8217;s so lonely round the fields of Athenry<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the lonely prison wall. 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