PADDY REILLY - FIELDS OF ATHENRY ( VINYL 1983 )

Paddy Reilly Fields Of Athenry was released in 1983 and reached # 4 in the Irish charts and remained in the charts for 72 weeks . It was written by Pete St John and was originally a top 10 hit for folk singer Danny Doyle in 1979. other artists to cover this song include The Dubliners , James Galway , The Dropkick Murphys and The Durutti Column.

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LYRICS :

By a lonely prison wall,
i heard a young girl calling
Michael they have taken you away,
for you stole trevelyn corn
so the young might see the morn,
now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

CHORUS

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
we had dreams and songs to sing,
its so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

By a lonley prison wall
I heard a young man calling
'Nothing matters Mary, when you're free'
Against the famine and the crown,
i rebelled, they brought me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.

CHORUS

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
we had dreams and songs to sing,
its so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

By a lonely harbour wall
she watched the last star falling
as the prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'' live in hope and pray
For her love in Botney Bay
Its so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry.

CHORUS

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
we had dreams and songs to sing,
its so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

[markrhodes]

Nobody sings this song like Paddy Reilly absolutely brilliant