The unofficial rally cry of Ireland — sung at every major sporting occasion since the 1970s. About the Great Famine, now an anthem of pride and defiance.
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By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling, "Michael, they are taking 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.
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