G             Gmaj7 Em
By a lonely prison wall,
C                    G        D
I heard a young girl calling:
G                    C        D
"Michael, they have taken you away,
G                         C
For you stole Trevelyn's corn,
G                           D
So the young might see the morn,
D                                     G   C   G
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."

[Chorus]
G   C       G       Gmaj7 Em
Low lie the fields of Athenrye,
G                                          D
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
G                   C
Our love was on the wing,
       G                   D
We had dreams and songs to sing,
D                          C        G
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye.

[Verse 2]
G             Gmaj7 Em
By a lonely prison wall,
C                    G        D
I heard a young man calling:
G                    C              D
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free,
G                          C
Against the famine and the crown,
G                         D
I rebelled, they cut me down,
D                      C          G
Now you must raise our child with dignity."

[Chorus]
G   C       G       Gmaj7 Em
Low lie the fields of Athenrye,
G                                          D
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
G                   C
Our love was on the wing,
       G                   D
We had dreams and songs to sing,
D                          C        G
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye.

[Verse 3]
G             Gmaj7 Em
By a lonely harbour wall,
C                         G        D
She watched the last star falling.
G                          C              D
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky.
G                         C
For she lives in hope and prays,
G                      D
For her love in Botany Bay,
D                          C         G
It's so lonely, 'round the fields of Athenrye.

[Chorus]
G   C       G       Gmaj7 Em
Low lie the fields of Athenrye,
G                                          D
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
G                   C
Our love was on the wing,
       G                   D
We had dreams and songs to sing,
D                          C        G
It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenrye.