Does anyone know the title of an Irish song that i heard in a pub once?

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GeeCee

Fields of Athenry.

Tiny dancer

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a sweet voice calling,
"Danny, they have taken you away.
For you stole Travelian's corn,
That your babes might see the morn,
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."
Chorus
Fair lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small freebirds fly.
Our love grew with the spring,
We had dreams and songs to sing
As we wandered through the fields of Athenry.

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
"Nothing matters, Jenny, when you're free
Against the famine and the crown,
I rebelled, they ran me down,
Now you must raise our children without me."

Chorus

On the windswept harbour wall,
She watched the last star rising
As the prison ship sailed out across the sky
But she'll watch and hope and pray,
For her love in Botany Bay
Whilst she is lonely in the fields of Athenry.
Whilst she is lonely in the fields of Athenry.

Podge and Rodge Tribute Band

It might be from The Sound of Music. You'll always hear someone in an Irish pub singing a song from The Sound of Music. It's fierce popular.

pimlicoboi

Hey there!

Yeah its The Fields of Athenry, pronounced (Ath-en-roy)

http://celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?autocom=tclc&code=lyrics&id=195

Personally I think its a lovely song and probably one of our best, however its popularity and thus endless renditions by hoards of drunks and football fans (by no means putting the two in the same category) have taken the shine off it somewhat.

Scarlett: I hope to God you're not Irish and If you are WTF??? I can't believe any irish person would post the lyrics you did!!

"Danny!!! What happened to poor Michael??

"So the babes mights see the morn" em methinks its the young! not the babes.The lyrics you've posted are hilarious and no offence meant but thats not how it goes here in Ireland.

five toed sloth

As mentioned above, the song is 'The Fields of Athenry',

Here's The Dubliners singing it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=951z4ym6LIo&feature=related

There may have been some Celtic FC fans in the crowd that night - if you listen carefully to the chorus you might hear them!

reginaldstower

hills of donegal

LunaCity

Probably fields of Athenrye, but the lyrics above might not be the most commonly used. Link below.

IRISH AND PROUD

fields of atherny!!! you would hear it lots of pubs alright and at irish matches and stuff like that!!!!

dollymix (now geeky for a month)

Fields of Athenry.