Lyrics - Oh No Not the Fields of Athenry!

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling,
Michael they have taken you away,
For I told you it was wrong, to sing that bloody song,
Now they've put you on a train to Morecambe Bay...

Oh nooooooo! Not the Fields of Athenry,
If I hear it one more time I think I'll die! I hate the bloody thing, there are better songs to sing,
It's so boring round the Fields of Athenry...

By a lonely folk club hall, I heard a young girl calling,,
You don't have to sing it, Michael, if you try,
For you used to sing 'Wild Rover', over, over and over,
But now it's just the Fields of Athenry......

By a lonely station wall, she watched the last hour falling,
As the Morecambe train pulled out from Forster Square,
Now she'll watch and hope and pray, in fact she'll even pay,
Not to hear the ruddy 'Fields of... you know where!!...


Oh nooooooo! Not the Fields of Athenry,
If I hear it one more time I think I'll die! I hate the bloody thing, there are better songs to sing,
It's so boring round the Fields of Athenry...