The

Fields of Athenry

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Pete St. John / Arr: Tobias H. Schneider

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A             

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          
uh, uh uh uh uh uh uh uh

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B
1. By a lone ly pri son wall I
2. By a lone ly pri son wall I
3. By a lone ly har bour wall she

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   
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    
uh uh 1. Mi chael, they are
2. No thing mat ters,

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          
3. while the pri son ship sailed

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heard a young girl cal ling,
heard a young man cal ling,
watched the last star fal ling,

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                  
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    
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ta king you a way, for you stole Tre ve lyan's corn, so the

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Ma ry when you're free, a gainst the fa mine and the crown, I re

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out a gainst the sky, sure she wait and hope and pray, for her

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    
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            
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2

              
            
     
young might see the morn, now a pri son ship lies wai ting in the bay.

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belled, they ran me down, now you must raise our child with di gni ty.

               
love in Bo ta ny Bay, it's so lone ly round the fields of A then ry.

          
            
    

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             
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       
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              
Low lie the fields of A then ry where once we watched the small free birds fly.

      
           
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   

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               
       
   
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           
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing. Now it's

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  
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  
   
 

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                
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      
lone ly round the fields of A then ry.

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 
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