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How Well Do You Know The Lyrics To The Fields of Athenry?

It’s time to put your knowledge to the test…

Sep 21st 2015, 9:30 PM 12,489 Views 20 Comments

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"By a ____ ____ ____"
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Lowly prison wall
Lonely prison wall

Comely little home
Holy Christian well
"I heard a ____ ____ ____"
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Young girl bawling
Young lad mauling

Young lamb falling
Young girl calling
"_____ they are taking you away"
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Seanie
Michael

Danny
Liam
"For you ____ ____ ____"
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Stole Magellan's horn
Stole Trevelyan's corn

Stole the morning's dawn
Stole the rebel's corn
"So the young might ___ ___ ___"
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Live to mourn
Ease the scorn

Wage a war
See the morn
"Now a ___ ___ lies waiting in the bay...."
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Prison ship
Famine ship

Coffin ship
"___ ___ the Fields of Athenry!"
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Oh my
Low lie

On high
Low by
"Where once we watched the _______"
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Small wee crows fly
Small birds fly

Small free birds fly
Small free crows fly
"Our love was ___ ___ ___"
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On the wain
On the way

On the mend
On the wing
"We had dreams and ____ ____ ____"
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Love to bring
Not a thing

Songs to sing
Nothing to gain
"It's so ____ 'round the Fields of Athenry"
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Lovely
Lonely

Homely
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
You're an embarrassment to Ireland.
You're that person singing, "OHHHHH AHHHHHH THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY" aren't you? Time to hit the books, friend.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You can bluff your way through it
You know the important parts and that's all that matters.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You're an expert in the bloody thing!
You know it so well that you're the one who gets the singalong going at matches. Fair play to you.
Share your result:

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