Wikipedia:Copyrights

This request goes to comrabure :) This is one of my all time favorite traditional Irish folk songs. My favorite versions are by the Dubliners and by Johnny McEvoy. I had no instrumental backing for this song, so I just sang acapella. If anyone out there has an instrumental for this song PLEASE send it to me :) "The Fields of Athenry" is a folk song about the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849), composed in the 1970s by Inchicore songwriter Pete St. John and first recorded by Irish ballad singer Danny Doyle. It tells the story of the famine through first-person narrative, recounting the tale of a prisoner who has been sentenced to being transported to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food to feed his starving family. -Wikipedia:Copyrights This song always reminds me of Les Miserables when Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed his family and is arrested. Poor Michael just stole some corn to keep his family alive.

Author: MollysIrishEyes
Keywords: Irish Folk Fields Of Athenry Ireland Patriotic Singers Famine Dubliners St. Patricks Day Erin Celtic
Added: March 9, 2008