My favourite Irish song. I first heard it at the age of 18. 20 years later I recalled about it. Together with my brother I decided to record a video of singing and playing this song on the Russian folk accordion.
Performed by Ivan Zastrozhnov
Idea and edition by Dmitrii Zastrozhnov
Other participants: Oleg Zastrozhnov, Yeseniya (dog)
Filmed in Sosnovo (Leningrad Oblast’), Pitkyaranta and Impilahti (both Karelia) in summer 2021-2022
Instrument: Garmon’ (folk accordion) “Tul’skaya 301M“
Camera: Canon, DJI Phantom 4 Pro
Mic: RØDE
LYRICS:
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
“Michael, they have taken you away,
For you stole Trevelyan’s corn,
So the young might see the morn.
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.“
CHORUS
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 matters, Mary, when you’re free
Against the famine and the crown,
I rebelled, they run me down.
Now you must raise our child with dignity.“
CHORUS
Near a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she’ll live to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
She’s so lonely round the fields of Athenry
CHORUS (x2)
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Моя любимейшая ирландская песня “Поля у Атенрай“ (“The fields of Athenry“). Впервые услышал её в возрасте 18 лет. Вспомнил о ней, спустя двадцать лет, и вместе с братом решил записать видео с моим вокалом и исполнением на русской гармони (“Тульская“)
Исполнение: Иван Застрожнов
Монтаж и идея: Дмитрий Застрожнов
Другие участники: Олег Застрожнов и собака Есения
Съёмки проходили в окрестностях посёлка Сосново (Приозерский район, Ленинградская область), а также близ населённых пунктов Питкяранта и Импилахти (республика Карелия) летом 2021-22 года
Инструмент: Гармонь “Тульская 301M“
Камера: Canon, DJI Phantom 4 Pro
Микрофон: RØDE