#fields of athenry

[lorrainestea]

By a lonely prison wall

I heard a young man calling

"Nothing matters, Mary Alice, when you're free

Against the famine and the crown

I rebelled, they cut me down

Now you must raise our child with dignity"

[onearthwerebrieflygorgons]

I need a folklorist to tie Copperhead Road into the tradition of highwayman ballads, romanticizing crime as a protest against corrupt governments and a means of self-determination for the oppressed lower classes

[eli-zab3th]

My favourite genre is Celtic Rock/Irish Folk because they are (almost) all Absolute Bops and most of them have Absolute Bastard Energy

[celticfantasy-blog1]

[lorrainestea]

By a lonely harbour wall

She watched the last star falling

As that prison ship sailed out against the sky

For she lived in hope and pray

For her love in Botany BayRiverdale

It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry

[angloirishnolanist]

[ce-archerhelke]

It's the sort of day where all the old folksongs make me cry

[mr-snailman]

one of my favorite songs of all time... one night my little sister asked for a story so i made one up about the daughter in the song leaving athenry and sailing around the world to australia to find her father and i swear it was the highlight of my creative career XD