{"id":98,"date":"2025-04-15T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glife.org\/KissMeIamIrish\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2026-06-12T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:59:54","slug":"013-the-fields-of-athenry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.glife.org\/KissMeIamIrish\/?page_id=98","title":{"rendered":"013. The Fields Of Athenry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-small-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>The Kilkennys<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>G-Dur<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">J\u00fcrgen<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Intro Fl\u00f6te<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td>C<\/td><td>F<\/td><td>C<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">G<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Em<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">G<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td>C<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">F<\/td><td>C<\/td><td>G<\/td><td>C<\/td><td>F<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">By a lonely prison wall,       I heard a young girl calling,          Michael, they have taken you away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td>C<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">F<\/td><td>C<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">G<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">(Dm)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">G<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">C<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For you stole Trevelyan&#8217;s corn,  so the young might see the morn&#8216;, Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Chorus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td>C<\/td><td>F<\/td><td>C<\/td><td><strong>Am<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">C<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>G<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Low lie the fields of Athenry<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>where once we watched the small free birds fly<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td>C<\/td><td>F<\/td><td>C<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">G<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Am<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">G<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Our love was on the wing<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>We had dreams and songs to sing<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>It&#8217;s so lonely round the fields of Athenry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling,  Nothing matters, Mary, when you&#8217;re free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Against the famine and the crown, I.  rebelled, they cut me down,  now you must raise our child with dignity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Chorus &#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Solo Fl\u00f6te (Strophe) <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Chorus gemeinsam<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling, as the prison ship sailed out against the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For she&#8217;d live in hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay, It&#8217;s so lonely round the fields of Athenry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Chorus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Chorus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>2 x letzte Zeile des Refrains<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kilkennys G-Dur J\u00fcrgen Intro Fl\u00f6te C F C G Em G C C F C G C F G By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling, Michael, they have taken you away C F C G (Dm) G C For you stole Trevelyan&#8217;s corn, so the young might see the 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