Irish Song?!
Question: Hi Guys
being an irish person i should really know the answer to this question but i dont so could someone answer me this question please thank you.
Whats was the song the fields of athenry about? I know from the lyrics thats a guy called michael went to prison. his love said she would wait for him. i would like to know what the song is really about?
thanking you in advance.
Answers: Hi Guys
being an irish person i should really know the answer to this question but i dont so could someone answer me this question please thank you.
Whats was the song the fields of athenry about? I know from the lyrics thats a guy called michael went to prison. his love said she would wait for him. i would like to know what the song is really about?
thanking you in advance.
It's about Michael being jailed then deported for stealing food for his family during the famine.
You might already have the lyrics, but here they are anyway -
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Micheal they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn'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 matter Mary when your free,
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled they ran me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.
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 harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
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.
yeah i think its about the famine and how michael went to prison for stealing food to feed the kids
would you believe , im irish too and have sang this song millions of times..and guess what i dont have a clue
According to my husband, he stole something from a farmers field and was deported to Australia.