Grace

As we gather in the chapel here, in old Kilmainham Jail
 I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we failed?
 From our schooldays, 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'll 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 bear for these brave men, my love for this dear land
 But when Padre 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
 Oh, there won't be time to share our love, for we must say goodbye