No Use For A Name - Fields Of Athenry

By lonely prison walls
I heard a young girl calling
“Michael, they have taken you away,
For you stole Trevelyn’s corn.”
So the young might see the morn
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 wings
We had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry

By lonely prison walls
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 lonely harbor walls
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship
Sailed out against the sky
Sure she’ll wait and hope and pra