Grace

As we gather in the chapel here
In old Kilmainham Jaill
I think about these past few weeks
Oh will they say we've failed
From our school days they have told us
We must yearn for liberty
Yet all I want in this dark place
Is to have you here with me
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms
And let this moment linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love
I place this wedding ring upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love
For we must say goodbye
Now I know it's hard
For you my love to ever understand
The love I bare for these brave men my love
For this dear land
But when Padraic called me
To his side down in the GPO
I had to leave my own sick bed to him
I had to go
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms
And let this moment linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring
Upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love
For we must say goodbye
Now as the dawn is breaking
My heart is breaking too
On this May morn as I walk out
My thoughts will be of you
And I'll write some words
Upon the wall so everyone will know
I loved so much
That I could see his blood upon the rose
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms
And let this moment linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love
I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love
For we must say goodbye
No there won't be time to share
Our love for we must say goodbye