Les hymnes du rugby : "The Fields of Athenry"

Les hymnes du rugby : "The Fields of Athenry" (Culture rugby) posté le vendredi 23 mai 2008 19:44

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Si vous avez la chance d'assister à un match d'une province Irlandaise, ou de la sélection nationale d'Erin, vous entendrez sans doute résonner dans le stade le fameux "Fields of Athenry".

Cette chanson, créée dans les années 70, raconte un épisode particulièrement triste de l'histoire Irlandaise : la famine de 1845-1852, qui tua (sans doute) entre 500.000 et 1 millon d'Irlandais et provoqua l'exode d'un grand nombre d'entre-eux.

La chanson, dont vous trouverez ci-dessous les paroles, raconte l'histoire déchirante de deux amoureux que la famine va séparer.

Les supporters Irlandais ont adopté ce chant qui évoque leur histoire et leurs racines. Vous l'entendrez sans doute lors de la finale de H Cup, à Cardiff...

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Micheal they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matter Mary when your free,
Against the Famine and the Crown
I rebelled they ran me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.