ST. JOHN, Pete

The Fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young girl calling

"Michael, they have taken you away

For you stole Trevelyan's corn

So the young might see the morn

Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay"

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

It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young man calling

"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free

Against the famine and the crown

I rebelled, they cut me down

Now you must raise our child with dignity"

Low lie the fields of Athenry

…..

By a lonely harbour wall

She watched the last star falling

As that prison ship sailed out against the sky

For she lived in hope and pray

For her love in Botany Bay

It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

Low lie the fields of Athenry

…..


The Ferryman

All the little boats are gone,
From the breast of Anna Liffey,
The ferrymen are stranded on the quay,
Sure the Dublin docks are dying,
And a way of life was gone,
And Molly it was a part of you and me.

Where the strawberry beds,
Sweep down to the Liffey,
You kiss away the worries from my brow,
Cause I love you well today,
And I'll love you more tomorrow,
And if you ever loved me Molly love me now

'Twas the only job I knew,
It was hard but never lonely,
The Liffey Ferry made a man of me,
But it's gone without a whisper
Half forgotten even now,
Oh it's over Molly over can't you see

But now I'll tend the yard,
And I'll spend me days a talking
I hear them whisper Charlie's on the dole
But Molly we're still livin'
and darling we're still young,
That river never owned my heart and soul.